- IF YOU WANT MORE VISIONS, DREAMS, YOU WANT GOD'S VOICE TO
SPEAK TO YOU, YOU WANT TO HEAR GOD, YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR GOD,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN DETERMINATION AND LIFESTYLE THAT
YOU ANSWER THE CALL, THAT YOU ARE A HEAVENLY MINDED, YOU ARE
DRIVEN FOR THE THINGS OF GOD AND YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS JUST PUTTING
YOUR HEAD INTO WHATEVER THE MEDIA IS SAYING AND ALL THE
NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
(MUSIC)
- WELL, GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW'S EVERYBODY
DOING TONIGHT? IS EVERYBODY AWAKE? I HEARD WE HAD CHICKEN
AND WE HAD POTATO SALAD, SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A CARB
OVERLOAD. SO NOBODY'S SLEEPING ON THIS TONIGHT, OKAY? THANK YOU
TO THOSE WHO ARE JOINING ONLINE. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR. THIS IS
GOING TO BE A POWERFUL WORD TONIGHT. PASTOR HANK IS ON THE
ONLINE, OR IS THE PROPHETIC SCHOOL TONIGHT. HE'S GOING TO BE
SHARING A WORD ON A REPLAY ABOUT HOW TO BE TRAINED TO BE A VESSEL
THAT CARRIES THE WORD OF THE LORD THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF
PROPHECY, AMEN. HOW MANY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE USED BY GOD TO BE
ABLE TO SPEAK HIS WORD AND BRING IT FORTH IN A MANIFESTATION? I
KNOW THAT'S A BIG ONE IN THIS CHURCH RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO JUST
OUT IN THE WORLD WITH ALL OF THE CRAZY RHETORIC AND ALL THE
FLIP-FLOPPING LIKE PANCAKES THAT WE'RE SEEING. BUT WE KNOW THAT
GOD'S WORD IS TRUE, AMEN. SO THIS IS GONNA BE A POWERFUL WORD
TONIGHT. GET YOUR HEARTS READY, BUT BEFORE WE TUNE IN, WE'RE
GONNA HAVE A POWERFUL OFFERING MESSAGE BY
PASTOR MARK, SO PLEASE WELCOME PASTOR MARK.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- WELL, GLORY TO GOD, THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY. HELLO, EVERYONE,
HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT WEDNESDAY EVENING SO FAR. LAST
TIME I WAS UP HERE, I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T GIVE GENEROUSLY IN CHURCH, AND WE SAW
THAT A LOT OF THOSE REASONS ARE ROOTED IN FEAR OR A LACK OF
FAITH, AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF JUST, THEY'RE JUST AFRAID OF NOT
HAVING ENOUGH. THEY'RE IN FEAR OF LACK. IN THE SAME WAY THAT I
HAD SOUGHT EXPLANATIONS ABOUT WHY PEOPLE DON'T GIVE GENEROUSLY
IN CHURCH, I ALSO LOOKED AT WHY THEY DO. AND NOT SURPRISINGLY,
GENEROUS GIVING IS OFTEN CONNECTED TO FAITH IN THE
BLESSING. AND OF COURSE THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF ABUNDANCE AND
BLESSING COMING AS A RESULT OF GENEROUS GIVING. SO IF THEY'D BE
KIND ENOUGH TO PUT THE SCRIPTURE UP ON THE SCREENS FOR US HERE. I
WANT TO LOOK AT 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8. VERY FAMILIAR VERSES
PROBABLY TO ALL OF US. THEY'RE OFTEN QUOTED. AND I WANTED TO
READ THEM FIRST FROM THE NLT. AND AGAIN, I LIKE THIS
TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT REALLY ILLUSTRATES GOD'S GRACE AND HIS
LOVE FOR HIS CREATION. IN THIS SCRIPTURE, THIS IS THE APOSTLE
PAUL SPEAKING HERE IN HIS SECOND LETTER TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH,
AND HE SAYS, "REMEMBER THIS, A FARMER WHO PLANTS ONLY A FEW
SEEDS WILL GET A SMALL CROP, BUT THE ONE WHO PLANTS
GENEROUSLY WILL GET A GENEROUS CROP. YOU MUST EACH DECIDE IN
YOUR HEART HOW MUCH TO GIVE, AND DON'T GIVE RELUCTANTLY OR IN
RESPONSE TO PRESSURE. FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON WHO GIVES
CHEERFULLY. AND GOD WILL GENEROUSLY PROVIDE ALL YOU NEED,
THEN YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND PLENTY
LEFT OVER TO SHARE WITH OTHERS." AND JUST IN CASE THAT DOESN'T
GET YOU EXCITED ENOUGH, I WANT TO ALSO LOOK AT THIS IN THE
AMPLIFIED CLASSIC. AND HE SAYS HERE, "REMEMBER THIS. HE WHO
SOWS SPARINGLY AND GRUDGINGLY WILL ALSO REAP SPARINGLY AND
GRUDGINGLY. AND HE WHO SOWS GENEROUSLY THAT BLESSINGS MAY
COME TO SOMEONE WILL ALSO REAP GENEROUSLY AND WITH BLESSINGS.
LET EACH ONE GIVE AS HE HAS MADE UP HIS OWN MIND AND PURPOSED IN
HIS HEART NOT RELUCTANTLY OR SORROWFULLY OR UNDER COMPULSION.
FOR GOD LOVES, THAT IS HE TAKES PLEASURE IN, PRIZES ABOVE OTHER
THINGS AND IS UNWILLING TO ABANDON OR DO WITHOUT A
CHEERFUL, JOYOUS, PROMPT-TO-DO-IT GIVER WHOSE
HEART IS IN HIS GIVING. AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE, EVERY
FAVOR AND EARTHLY BLESSING COME TO YOU IN ABUNDANCE SO THAT YOU
MAY ALWAYS AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHATEVER THE
NEED BE, SELF-SUFFICIENT, POSSESSING ENOUGH TO REQUIRE NO
AID OR SUPPORT AND FURNISHED IN ABUNDANCE FOR EVERY GOOD WORK
AND CHARITABLE DONATION." THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS
GOD'S PROMISE OF GENEROSITY, ABUNDANCE,
BLESSING, IN RETURN FOR US HAVING THE
HEART TO GIVE LIBERALLY WITHOUT ANY RELUCTANCE
AND WITHOUT BEING COMPELLED IN ANY WAY TO DO SO. THIS KIND OF
DECISION TO GIVE JOYFULLY AND NOT SORROWFULLY SHOWS OUR TRUST
IN GOD AND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CHARACTER. AND LET ME JUST STOP
HERE FOR A MOMENT AND SAY THAT GENEROUS IS A RELATIVE TERM. IT
DOESN'T REFER TO A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY, IF WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MONEY. TOTAL RESOURCES CAN VARY WIDELY AMONG
MANY INDIVIDUALS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AN AMOUNT THAT MIGHT BE
THOUGHT OF AS GENEROUS MIGHT BE FAR SMALLER FOR A PERSON WORKING
THE COUNTER AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAN IT WOULD BE, OF
COURSE, FOR THE CEO OF A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY. JUST RECALL FOR A
MOMENT THE STORY IN THE GOSPELS OF THE WIDOW'S MITE. HER
GENEROSITY WAS SO GREAT THAT SHE GAVE ALL THAT SHE HAD. AND JESUS
TOOK NOTE OF IT. A PERSON'S CONCEPT OF GENEROSITY ALSO CAN
CHANGE OVER TIME, ACCORDING TO VARYING CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR
EXAMPLE, GENEROSITY FOR ME IS MUCH DIFFERENT TODAY THAN IT WAS
IN TIMES PAST. WHAT'S NOT DIFFERENT THOUGH IS THE RESULT.
GOD'S ABUNDANT BLESSING, FAVOR, AND PROVISION. ABOUT 20 YEARS
AGO, WE WERE FACED WITH A SUDDEN NEED TO MAKE A LONG DISTANCE
MOVE BECAUSE OF A PRESSING FAMILY MATTER. AND BACK THEN WE
WERE CONSISTENT, GENEROUS GIVERS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES IN RESERVE TO MAKE THIS MOVE. AND I CAN RECALL MY
WIFE AND I LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND SAYING, "I DON'T KNOW HOW
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS." BUT THEN BLESSING, FAVOR, AND PROVISION
SIMPLY RAINED DOWN UPON US TO MAKE THE MOVE A REALITY. FIRST,
AS I WAS LOOKING TO SECURE A MOVING TRUCK, I RECEIVED AN
UNEXPECTED CHECK THAT I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I CAN USE THAT
TOWARD THE RENTAL, PROBABLY WON'T PAY FOR EVERYTHING. HOURS
AND HOURS OF RESEARCH, AND LATER I FOUND A SPECIAL DEAL I COULD
COME CLOSE TO AFFORDING, IF I ORDERED BY MIDNIGHT. AROUND
11:58, I WAS ABOUT TO SUBMIT THE RESERVATION, AND THE WEBSITE
INEXPLICABLY WENT DOWN. I WAITED, I WATCHED FOR TWO
AGONIZING HOURS UNTIL IT CAME BACK UP. AND SURPRISINGLY, THE
PRICE HAD DROPPED AT THAT POINT BY ABOUT 25%, AND NOW I WAS ABLE
TO AFFORD THE ENTIRE COST OF THAT CHECK THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO
ME. THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD TO PACK EVERYTHING WE OWNED. AND AGAIN,
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAID, "WE CAN'T EVEN DO THIS."
BUT WOMEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF WHOM WE DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW, STARTED SHOWING UP AT THE DOOR, GREETING MY WIFE. SOME
BOUGHT BREAKFAST, EVEN LUNCH. ALL OF THEM BEGAN HELPING MY
WIFE PACK THE HOUSE UP. SO I WENT AND PICKED UP THE TRUCK,
AND THEN I PARKED IT OUT FRONT. AND IT WAS A GUY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I HAD ONLY SPOKEN TO IN PASSING A COUPLE OF
TIMES. I MEAN, I BARELY KNEW THIS GUY. I WAS STANDING OUT
THERE, AND HE CAME BY, AND HE SAYS, "OH, ARE YOU MOVING
TODAY?" AND I SAID, "WELL, YES." AND HE SAID, "WELL, I HAVE TO
RUN TO THE STORE REAL QUICK AND GET SOME ROPE. I'LL BE RIGHT
BACK." OKAY. TURNS OUT HE WAS A LOGISTICS EXPERT AT THE LOCAL
ARMY BASE, AND HE RETURNED TO SUPERVISE THE ENTIRE LOADING AND
PACKING OF THE TRUCK. AND SEVERAL BOYS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO JUST BEGAN SHOWING UP LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE
PIED PIPER WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THE LITTLE GUYS FOLLOWING THEM,
AND THEY PROCEEDED TO LOAD THE ENTIRE TRUCK, AND OUR NEW FRIEND
THERE CALLED OUT ALL THE ORDERS AND TIED EVERYTHING IN PLACE. IT
WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIFT A FINGER. SO
THEN I HAD THIS PIECE OF MAIL LAYING ON THE COUNTER AND WHEN
WE WERE STARTING TO WIND THINGS DOWN AND IT HAD BEEN MISTAKENLY
DELIVERED TO ME AND IT BELONGED TO ANOTHER GUY THAT LIVED DOWN
THE STREET AND I HADN'T MET HIM PREVIOUSLY AND HE WAS FAIRLY NEW
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THOUGHT, WELL, I NEED TO GO GIVE THIS TO
HIM BEFORE I LEAVE TOWN BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M GONNA GET
SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HAVE TO MAIL IT BACK TO HIM. SO I WENT DOWN
AND WHEN HE ANSWERED THE DOOR, WE SPOKE BRIEFLY AND I EXPLAINED
WE WERE MOVING AND HE QUESTIONED ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I WAS
GOING TO TRANSPORT THE CAR ON THE TRAILER BEHIND THE TRUCK.
AND I SCRATCHED MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT AND HE CAME ALONG, FOLLOWED
ME HOME, AND HELPED ATTACH THE TRAILER AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
VEHICLE WAS SECURED FOR THE TRIP. WELL, AFTER A LITTLE WHILE
WE CAME TO THE POINT FINALLY THAT EVENING, ALL THAT WAS LEFT
WERE A COUPLE OF AIR MATTRESSES. SO WE FIGURED IN OUR INFINITE
WISDOM THAT WE'D SLEEP ON THEM THAT NIGHT AND QUICKLY DEPART ON
OUR JOURNEY THE NEXT MORNING. NOPE. GOD WASN'T HAVING THAT. HE
WAS CLEARLY GOING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS GENEROUSLY
PROVIDED FOR US. LO AND BEHOLD, OUR LOGISTICS FRIEND SHOWED BACK
UP AT THE DOOR. AND THIS TIME IT WAS TO OFFER US HIS PLACE FOR
THE NIGHT. HE WAS GOING TO BE STAYING AT A FRIEND'S FOR THAT
EVENING. AND HE SAID, "HEY, YOU TAKE THIS." SO INSTEAD OF AIR
MATTRESSES ALL ALONE ON THE FLOOR OF A TOTALLY VACATED
SPACE, WE SLEPT COMFORTABLY IN WELL-MADE BEDS. THERE WAS A FIRE
LIT IN THE FIREPLACE, FOOD AND SNACKS AT OUR DISPOSAL, EVEN A
GIANT HANDCRAFTED CHESS BOARD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT
EVENING. IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE DEPARTED, HE RETURNED ONE
MORE TIME WITH COFFEE AND DONUTS. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND
THEN AS WE WERE ABOUT TO DRIVE AWAY, WE WERE SAYING OUR
GOODBYES TO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, AND HE REACHED IN HIS
POCKET AND PULLED OUT A WAD OF CASH. AND HE SAID, "WHEN I WENT
TO THE ATM THIS MORNING, I HAD NO IDEA WHY GOD HAD ME TO PULL
THIS MONEY OUT." HE SAID, "NOW I CAN SEE I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT
TO YOU SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED FOR FOOD AND SUCH
ON YOUR TRAVELS." LAID THE MONEY IN MY HAND, AND IT WAS MORE THAN
ENOUGH TO COVER ALL OUR EXPENSES ON THE ROAD. NOW, I'D KEEP ON
GOING AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL THE BLESSINGS ON THE OTHER END
OF THE TRIP, BUT I WON'T. KEY HERE IS WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT AN
AMAZING, BOUNTIFUL RESPONSE OUR GIVING WOULD BRING TO US IN OUR
TIME OF NEED. AND GOD IS DETERMINED TO HONOR AND BLESS
CHEERFUL AND GENEROUS GIVERS. THAT'S THE MESSAGE I GOT OUT OF
THAT. SO BY FAITH TONIGHT, FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISE, FAITH IN HIS
WORD, LET US PLANT GENEROUSLY. LET US SOW BIG, BELIEVING THAT
WE WILL REAP AN ABUNDANT HARVEST AND ENJOY FAVOR AND BLESSING IN
EVERY SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCE. THEY CAN PUT THE
GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. WE ALL KNOW THE DRILL
PRETTY WELL HERE, I THINK. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS
TO GIVE. WE STILL LOVE THE MAIL. THERE'S ALSO A MOBILE APP, AND
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE WEBSITE, LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE.
USHERS, YOU CAN BE IN THE AISLES AS WE PREPARE FOR TONIGHT'S
OFFERING. GOD'S ALREADY WIRED SOME OF US TO BE VERY GENEROUS
IN OUR GIVING. AS FOR THE REST OF US, THOUGH, WE MIGHT HAVE TO
WORK ON IT A LITTLE BIT. SO LET ME JUST OFFER YOU SOME HELP.
WHEN YOU ASK THE LORD WHAT YOU SHOULD GIVE AND HE TELLS YOU TWO
MILLION, AND THAT VOICE COMES BACK, THAT SECOND THOUGHT COMES
IMMEDIATELY TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN GET BY WITH JUST ONE MILLION,
YOU MAKE YOUR CHECK OUT FOR TWO MILLION, OKAY? SO LISTEN, WHEN
EVERYBODY'S READY, LET'S STAND REAL QUICK TO OUR FEET. LET'S
HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES, OUR CELL PHONES, WHATEVER. WE'RE JUST
GONNA BLESS THIS. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS. WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND OTHERS, YOU WILL DO FOR
EVERY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN. AND YOU ARE THE SAME YESTERDAY,
TODAY, AND FOREVER. SO YOU WILL HONOR GENEROUS GIVING, PROVIDE
FOR US IN ABUNDANCE, AND SHOWER US WITH FAVOR AND BLESSING NO
MATTER WHAT THE SEASON IN OUR LIVES IS. WE PRESENT OURSELVES
AS CHEERFUL, JOYOUS, PROMPT TO DO GIVERS AND DECLARE THAT THE
SEEDS WE SOW TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE A GENEROUS CROP AND A
BLESSED HARVEST IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. WE THANK YOU,
FATHER. NOW LET'S CUE THE VIDEO AND LISTEN TO PASTOR HANK.
- REVELATION 4:1, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CALL WAS. AND I
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CALL THAT IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS
PROPHETIC SCHOOL, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS ACTUALLY DOING
SOMETHING. AND IF THEY'LL PUT THE SCRIPTURES UP ON THE SIDE AS
WELL FOR PEOPLE TO SEE, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SEE THEM AT
HOME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AFTER THIS, I LOOKED, AND THIS IS THE
APOSTLE JOHN TALKING, AND BEHOLD, A DOOR WAS OPENED IN
HEAVEN. AND NOTICE THE FIRST VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS AS IT
WERE OF A TRUMPET TALKING WITH ME. AND NOTICE WHAT HEAVEN WAS
ASKING OR DECLARING, "COME UP HIGHER." DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S
WHAT I BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW? THERE'S A
CALL TO COME UP HIGHER, NOT TO BE A SECULAR CHRISTIAN, NOT TO
BE A CHRISTIAN THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE IF
YOU'RE YOU KNOW WORLDLY OR GODLY. THERE'S A THERE'S A CALL
TO COME UP HIGHER AND BE ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD, BUT
THERE'S ALSO A CALL TO COME UP HIGHER. WATCH THIS SO THAT GOD
CAN SHOW US THINGS WHICH MUST COME HEREAFTER. THAT'S WHY IF
YOU WANT TO BE A PROPHETIC PERSON AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A
PROPHETIC SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT BE SO INUNDATED, LOOKING, AND
LITERALLY CONSUMED WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE NEWS,
IN THE NEWSPAPERS, THE HEADLINES, BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IT WILL PULL YOU TO AN EARTHLY REALM, AN
EARTHLY REVELATION, RATHER THAN GOING
UP HIGHER AND GETTING GOD'S PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS. SO
I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING. IF YOU WANT TO GO HIGHER IN YOUR
PROPHETIC GIFTING, IF YOU WANT MORE VISIONS, DREAMS, YOU WANT
GOD'S VOICE TO SPEAK TO YOU, YOU WANT TO HEAR GOD, YOU WANT TO
SPEAK FOR GOD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN DETERMINATION AND
LIFESTYLE THAT YOU ANSWER THE CALL, THAT YOU ARE A HEAVENLY
MINDED, YOU ARE DRIVEN FOR THE THINGS OF GOD AND YOU'RE NOT
ALWAYS JUST PUTTING YOUR HEAD INTO WHATEVER THE MEDIA IS
SAYING AND ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. YOU
WILL NEVER HAVE THE RIGHT PROPHETIC SPIRIT IF YOU DO THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO GO HIGHER, THEN COME UP WHERE HE IS. YOU WILL
SEE. NOTICE THE THING THAT HAPPENED. IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME
UP HIGHER, IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE A SPIRITUAL PERSON, YOU CHOOSE TO
READ YOUR BIBLE, YOU CHOOSE TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, YOU CHOOSE
TO SEEK THE FACE OF GOD. NOTICE THE PROMISE. I WILL SHOW YOU
THINGS WHICH MUST COME HEREAFTER. I HAVE PEOPLE OFTEN
SAY TO ME, "PASTOR HANK, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HEAR GOD ANYMORE." I
USED TO FLOW IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. AND I ALWAYS SAY IT TO
THEM THIS WAY, "HAVE YOU EVER MADE KOOL-AID BEFORE?" HOW MANY
OF YOU, YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN HERE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
KOOL-AID IS. BUT YOU KNOW, OR LET'S JUST SAY YOU'D MAKE SOME
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REFRESHING DRINK FOR KIDS, RIGHT? YOU WOULD
TAKE THE KOOL-AID PACKET AND YOU WOULD PUT IT IN LIKE, I DON'T
KNOW, WHAT WAS IT, LIKE A GALLON OF WATER, A PITCHER OF WATER,
AND THEN YOU WOULD PUT LIKE TEN SCOOPS OF SUGAR AND YOU WOULD
PUT IT INTO THIS CONTAINER. AND YOU WOULD STIR IT AND THE
KOOL-AID PACKET WITH THE TEN SCOOPS OF SUGAR AND THE WATER IN
THE PITCHER WOULD MAKE THIS THING CALLED KOOL-AID AND MAN
WAS THAT AMAZING. AND THEN IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO, YOU PUT IT
IN ICE TRAYS WITH TOOTHPICKS IN IT AND YOU'D FREEZE IT FOR
LATER. YOU REMEMBER THAT? HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? HOW
MANY OF YOU OVER, YOU'RE OVER 50, YOU'RE OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE 30 BELOW, 30 BELOW, 30 AND BELOW? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 35
AND UNDER? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
DO YOU? ALRIGHT, NOW HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
YOU HAVE NO CLUE, YOU HAVE NO CLUE. BUT HERE'S THE POINT. IF
YOU WOULD LEAVE THAT KOOL-AID IN THAT PITCHER AND WALK AWAY AND
COME BACK, ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS WOULD BEGIN TO
SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM. THAT'S WHY IT SAYS PAUL DECLARED TO TIMOTHY
HIS SON, STIR UP THE GIFTS OF GOD THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO STIR UP THE GIFT, IT'S NOT THAT YOU,
WELL YOU USED TO FLOW IN THE GIFTS OR YOU USED TO HEAR GOD
GREATER, BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU GO BACK, YOU
PROBABLY HAD MORE OF A FIRST LOVE FOR GOD, YOU WERE PROBABLY
MORE DEDICATED TO READING THE WORD, YOU PROBABLY WERE MORE
CONSISTENT IN YOUR DEVOTIONS, YOU PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME
WITH THE LORD. AND USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A DISCONNECT, WHEN
YOU'RE NOT GETTING CONSTANT REVELATION, YOU'RE NOT HEARING
GOD, YOU'RE NOT SENSING HIM, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THINGS, ALWAYS
GO BACK AND PLUG IN GREATER. CHECK YOUR CORDS, RIGHT? CHECK
YOUR CONNECTION. AND I PROMISE YOU, HIS REWARD WAS COME UP
HIGHER AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THINGS, ALRIGHT? SO YOU WANT TO
GO DEEPER? COME UP HIGHER, CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE, CHANGE
THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, PLUG GREATER INTO HEAVEN AND I
PROMISE YOU, YOU WILL SEE A GREATER DOWNLOAD THAT COMES.
ALRIGHT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ACTS 2 AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
VERSE 16-19. I JUST WANT TO LAY A LITTLE BIT OF A FOUNDATION.
OFTEN TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST DAYS,
THEY DON'T OFTEN LIKE TO TALK THIS STUFF. THEY ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT THE BEAST, THE ANTICHRIST, THE MARK OF THE BEAST, AND
TRIBULATION. BUT LOOK AT THE PROMISE OF THE LAST DAYS. BUT
THIS IS THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET JOEL. "THEN IN THE
LAST DAYS, SAITH THE LORD, I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT." SO
RATHER THAN LOOKING FOR A GLOBAL TRIBULATION, WHY DON'T WE LOOK
FOR A GLOBAL OUTPOURING? AND THAT'S WHERE MY EYES ARE ON. I'M
LIKE, "GOD, I'M NOT ON THIS EARTH, YOU KNOW, TO JUST SIT
THERE AND BE IN FEAR. I'M IN THIS EARTH TO BE PART OF THE
LAST GREAT OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." AND NOTICE, NOTICE
THE INCREASE OF PROPHETIC REVELATION. WATCH THIS, "I'LL
POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR
DAUGHTERS SHALL," WHAT? "AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE
VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS." I MEAN, THIS IS
AMAZING. HE'S SAYING, "LOOK AT ALL THE PROPHETIC REVELATION
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS." LOOK AT VERSE 18. IT
SAYS, "AND ALL MY SERVANTS AND ALL MY HANDMAIDENS I WILL POUR
OUT IN THOSE DAYS OF MY SPIRIT, AND THEY SHALL PROPHESY." SO
WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE MARKINGS OF THE LAST DAYS? THE OUTPOURING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SIGNS, WONDERS, MIRACLES, BUT WATCH
THIS, AN INCREASE OF THE PROPHETIC. SO IF GOD'S CALLING
US TO COME UP HIGHER, MAN, WE ARE READY AND WILLING AND ABLE
TO HAVE THOSE PROPHETIC UTTERANCES, PROPHETIC WORDS,
VISIONS, AND DREAMS. LET'S GO ON. NOW, WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AT 1
CORINTHIANS 12:28. LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS SET IN THE CHURCH. AND
THIS IS WHY I WOULDN'T BE GOING, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
ONLINE TO SOME DEAD CHURCH SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
COMMANDS TO JOSHUA AND TO THE PEOPLE IS WHEN YOU SEE THE ARK,
LEAVE THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE AT AND GO AFTER IT. SOMETIMES WE
WASTE OUR TIME AT CHURCHES THAT HAVE NO ABSOLUTE DESIRE TO LET
GOD MOVE. HERE'S HOW YOU KNOW. WHEN THEY MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT
YOU, WHEN EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU, COME AS YOU ARE. YOU ARE
WELCOME. YOU ARE THIS. YOU ARE THAT. JUST DOING LIFE WITH YOU.
JUST BE YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW WHY? YOU GO TO THOSE CHURCHES AND YOU
NEVER, YOU NEVER FEEL HIM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. AND
WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHURCH AND YOUR LIFE ABOUT GOD, HE WILL
COME. IT'S NOT ABOUT US. I'M NOT HERE BECAUSE OF ME. I'M HERE, I
WANT GOD. AND AS A RESULT, GOD, I WANT YOU TO BLESS THE PEOPLE.
SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CHURCH,
HERE'S A GOOD LIST. GOD HAS SET SOME IN THE CHURCH, FIRST
APOSTLES. THOSE ARE GOVERNMENTAL, MEN OF AUTHORITY,
WOMEN OF AUTHORITY. AND WE'LL GET INTO SUBJECTS ABOUT WOMEN IN
MINISTRY, BELIEVE ME. BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A RELIGIOUS DEVIL
THAT WOULD LOVE TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT WOMEN CAN'T SAY
ANYTHING. I MEAN SOME OF YOU WOMEN, YOU JUST VIOLATED SOME OF
THE RELIGIOUS SPIRITS. THEY TELL YOU TO BE QUIET IN THE CHURCH.
THERE YOU GO. SECOND, PROPHETS. RIGHT? SO THERE'S PROPHETS IN
THE CHURCH. THIRDLY, TEACHERS. THE PROBLEM IS MOST CHURCHES YOU
GO TO, ALL YOU SEE IS TEACHERS. YOU DON'T SEE ANY PROPHETIC
MOVE. YOU DON'T SEE ANY PROPHET. YOU DON'T EVER HEAR ANY
PROPHETIC UTTERANCES. YOU DON'T FIND APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND
ORDER. THEN AFTER THAT, MIRACLES AND GIFTS OF HEALING, HELPS,
GOVERNMENTS, DIVERSITIES OF TONGUES. YEAH, SPEAKING IN
TONGUES. SO NOTICE HOW WHEN GOD SET THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCH,
IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SUPERNATURAL. GOD WANTS THE
SUPERNATURAL, AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE PART OF THAT SUPERNATURAL.
NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK HERE, LET'S TALK ABOUT PROPHETS,
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD PUTS IN
THE CHURCH IS PROPHETS. HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT? NOW, WHAT DO
PROPHETS DO? I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT AMOS 3:7. AGAIN, I'M JUST
MAKING A LITTLE REPETITIVE STUFF HERE. IN AMOS 3:7, "SURELY THE
LORD GOD WILL DO WHAT? NOTHING, BUT THAT HE REVEALS HIS
SECRETS." OR HIS SECRETS. NOW, I'VE OFTEN ASKED MYSELF, WHY IS
IT SINGULAR, SECRET, AND NOT PLURAL? NOW, MAYBE OTHER
TRANSLATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE IT BE, YOU KNOW, PLURAL. BECAUSE
HERE IS A PRINCIPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT
PROPHETS IN THE BIBLE. THEY WERE CALLED THE FRIENDS OF GOD. AND
THE REASON THEY WERE CALLED THE FRIENDS OF GOD IS BECAUSE THEY
HAD A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT WASN'T BASED ON THEIR
GIFTING, THEIR WORDS. IT WAS BASED ON THEY WANTED GOD. AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. SO SURELY THE
LORD GOD WILL DO NOTHING, BUT HE REVEALS HIS SECRET. CAN I TELL
YOU WHAT HIS SECRET IS? IT'S HIS HEART. YOU GET GOD'S HEART AND
HE WILL TALK. YOU GET GOD'S HEART AND HE WILL SHOW YOU
THINGS TO COME. YOU GET HIS HEART AND I TELL YOU WHAT, HE
WILL SHARE THINGS WITH YOU AND AT TIMES HE'LL TELL YOU TO BE
QUIET AND DON'T SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY. SOMETIMES HE SHOWS ME
THINGS IN THE EARTH THAT I KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IS COMING AND I
WANT SO BAD TO SAY IT BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I HAVE HIS SECRET.
I HAVE HIS SECRET. I HAVE HIS HEART AND I'M NOT GOING TO
VIOLATE HIS HEART BECAUSE IF I VIOLATE HIS HEART, I VIOLATE
TRUST AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW IMPORTANT BUILDING TRUST IS
WITH GOD. IF GOD CAN TRUST YOU, HE WILL SHARE HIS SECRET, HIS
HEART, AND OUT OF THAT WILL COME SECRETS. NOTICE THE JOB OF THE
PROPHETS. THEIR JOB IS TO BE SERVANTS. TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT
TO BE SERVED, RIGHT? THEY WANT TO BE NOTICED WITH THEIR GIFT.
WELL, YOU SERVE GOD AND YOU BE A SERVANT. OKAY, THE REASON I WANT
TO HEAR GOD IS NOT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GLORIFY THE GIFTING,
THE UTTERANCE. I WANT TO SERVE GOD. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. YOU
KNOW, IN A CRAZY TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, CONFUSION, YOU KNOW,
WHAT IS TRUTH? I ALWAYS SAY IT TO GOD, GOD, YOUR HEART, YOUR
SECRET DEMANDS A VOICE. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT GOD, I'M
HONORED TO BE ONE OF THEM. BUT LORD, HERE'S THE DEAL, THE
PEOPLE, IT DEMANDS THAT THEY HEAR YOUR HEART, YOUR SECRET. IT
DEMANDS THAT THEY RECEIVE TRUTH. RIGHT? AND SO I WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THAT. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE ISRAELI WAR HAPPENED, PEOPLE WERE
WRITING IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, "WELL, HOW COME NO PROPHET HEARD
THIS?" WELL, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. GOD DOES NOTHING IN THE
EARTH UNLESS HE REVEALS THE SECRETS TO HIS SERVANTS, THE
PROPHETS. AND OUR MINISTRY, WE HAD GOD SPEAK. YOU CAN LOOK AT
THOSE PROPHECIES OR TALK ABOUT THEM ON NOVEMBER 15TH COMING UP.
THERE WERE PROPHECIES FROM APRIL 16TH AND APRIL 30TH. GOD SAID IN
THE DAYS AHEAD THERE'S GOING TO BE A STRIKE AGAINST ISRAEL. HE
SAID SEPTEMBER 14TH OR 15TH AT OUR CONFERENCE. IRAN WOULD BE
INVOLVED IN A STRIKE REGARDING ISRAEL. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU
DIDN'T HEAR IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT GOD DIDN'T SPEAK IT. DON'T JUST
ASSUME, "WELL SEE THE PROPHETS THEY MISSED IT. I DON'T BELIEVE
IN ALL THIS PROPHETIC STUFF. NOBODY HEARD THIS." WELL WAIT A
MINUTE, MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU
SOMEWHERE THERE WAS A PROPHETIC UTTERANCE, A PROPHETIC WARNING,
A PROPHETIC MESSAGE SOMEWHERE THAT GOD WAS SAYING IT. AMEN. DO
YOU KNOW THERE WAS IN OUR CHURCH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY
OF YOU WOULD BE HERE, BUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE COLUMBINE
HAPPENED, I WAS CAUGHT UP IN A VISION AND I WAS TAKING OVER THE
SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I SAW THE SPIRIT OF
TERROR. AND GUESS WHERE IT CAME FROM? IT CAME FROM Y2K FEAR.
THAT'S WHAT THE LORD SAID, BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OF HEAT BACK
IN 1999, WHEN I HAD A VISITATION FROM THE LORD. IT WAS ON MY
SON'S BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 23RD OF 1999. AND THE LORD, I HAD A
VISITATION, AND HE SAID, "YOU TELL THE PEOPLE Y2K WILL NOT BE
AS THEY ARE PROGNOSTICATING, AS THEY ARE DECLARING." AND I SAID,
"WELL, LORD, DO WE NEED TO STIR UP?" HE SAID, "DON'T WASTE YOUR
TIME." AND BOY, WE WERE ON THE RADIO BACK THEN. WE HAD PEOPLE
WRITING HATE MAIL AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF. WE EVEN HAD ONE
PASTORAL GUY WRITE AND SAID, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
WHEN YOU HAVE DECEIVED YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE NO FOOD AND
NO WATER AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO?" WELL, I WOULD HAVE LOVED
TO HAVE GONE TO HIS CHURCH AND FLICKERED HIS LIGHTS, YOU KNOW.
BUT HERE'S WHAT GOD SAID. IN THE VISITATION, HE SAID THAT THE
SPIRIT OF FEAR WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE NEW MILLENNIAL LINE
AHEAD OF THE MOMENTUM OF THE CHURCH. AND AS A RESULT, GOD
SAID THE FEAR WOULD BE TERROR. AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
SHORTLY AFTER, THE Y2K, WHERE PEOPLE JUST ABSOLUTELY HOOK,
LINE AND SINKER, ABSOLUTELY DOVE INTO FEAR MONGERING. WE'VE
NEVER, WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RECAPTURE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
FEAR. IN FACT, I THINK IT'S GOTTEN GREATER. SO MY POINT IS,
LOOK, GOD DID SPEAK IT. SOMETIMES EITHER YOU DIDN'T HEAR
IT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, RIGHT? OR HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. WHEN
COLUMBINE HAPPENED, MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I'M
HEARING THIS AND I REMEMBER IT THAT NIGHT. I'M LIKE, I SAID,
"GUYS, I SEE COLORADO AND I SEE THIS WORD COLUMBINE. I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO." SO WE PRAYED. THAT'S THE BEST THING
YOU CAN DO. BUT SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD THINGS AND I REFUSE TO
SPEAK IT. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I HAVE BEEN IN A MEETING AND
I'VE HEARD GOD SPEAK TO ME AND HE SAID SOMETHING AND I WAS SO
AFRAID OF THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE
WRITTEN UP AGAIN AND MISUNDERSTOOD AND I HELD ON TO
IT AND I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND I'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND I'VE
HAD TO DEAL WITH GOD. HE SAID, "EITHER YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK FOR
ME OR YOU'RE NOT. ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK IT?" I'M TRYING, LORD, I'M
TRYING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? AND HE'S VERY PATIENT. HE'S VERY
GOOD. BUT HERE'S THE POINT. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THAT GOD
DIDN'T REVEAL THE SECRETS. AGAIN, EITHER YOU DIDN'T KNOW OF
IT, GOD SPOKE IT, BUT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND IT. OR MAYBE THE VESSEL DIDN'T COMMUNICATE IT.
SO, ALRIGHT, BUT IT'S NEVER ON GOD'S PART. NEVER ON GOD'S PART.
ALRIGHT, I WANT TO GET INTO SOME OTHER THINGS HERE. I WANT YOU TO
LOOK AT JEREMIAH 1, AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK ABOUT THE PROPHET
REAL QUICK. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
LET ME, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S GO BACK TO EZEKIEL SEVEN. I WANT
TO HIT THIS ONE, ACTUALLY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO SHARE WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF GET INTO.
IN EZEKIEL 7, NOTICE WHAT THE JOB OF THE PROPHET IS. THIS IS
WHY WHEN PEOPLE COME AGAINST THE PROPHETIC MOVEMENT OR THEY COME
AGAINST CERTAIN PROPHETS THAT ARE TRUE PROPHETS, THE
LEGITIMACY OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY TODAY, THEY DON'T
REALIZE THAT GOD HAS SET IT INTO THE EARTH FOR A BENEFIT. NOW, I
LIKE, I THINK IT IS, AND I DON'T OFTEN LIKE TO QUOTE FROM THE NIV
BECAUSE I THINK THE NIV IS VERY INACCURATE ON MANY OF ITS
TRANSLATIONS. BUT I DO WANT TO PUT UP THE NIV BECAUSE I DO
BELIEVE, AS I'VE LOOKED OVER DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS, IT SAYS
WHAT I REALLY THINK IT NEEDS TO SAY, AND THAT IS THIS, IT SAYS
DISASTER UPON DISASTER. SO THIS ONE SAYS MISCHIEF UPON MISCHIEF,
THEY CAN KEEP IT UP THERE, BUT OTHER TRANSLATIONS SAY DISASTERS
UPON DISASTERS. HOW MANY ARE SEEING DISASTERS IN THE EARTH?
OKAY, HOW MANY ARE SEEING MISCHIEF? SO YOU CAN KEEP THAT
VERSE OF KING JAMES UP THERE. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO RUMOR
SHALL BE UPON RUMORS. HOW MANY RUMORS ARE OUT THERE?
CONSPIRACIES, ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO HEAR. ALRIGHT, THAT'S WHAT OUR SOCIETY IS RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE
ARE LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE." THERE'S A LOT OF
DISASTERS, A LOT OF MISCHIEF, A LOT OF RUMORS. THEN THEY SHALL
SEEK A VISION OF THE PROPHET. BUT NOTICE THE LAW SHALL PERISH
FROM THE PRIEST. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT EVEN
GOING TO BE MENTIONED, SPOKEN, EVEN FROM THE PRIESTHOOD. AND
EVEN THE COUNSEL FROM THE ANCIENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND GODLY COUNSEL. YOU'RE NOT EVEN
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR BIBLICAL TRUTH. AND THERE'S
GOING TO COME A TIME WHERE GOD'S GOING TO SAY, "LOOK, I'M SHARING
MY HEART. I'M REVEALING WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THE EARTH, AND I'M
DOING IT THROUGH MY PROPHETS." OKAY? THAT'S HOW GOD CHOOSES IN
TIMES OF MISCHIEF, TIMES OF DISASTER, WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF
RUMORS, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO HEAR, HE WILL ALWAYS INJECT
HIS SECRETS, HIS SECRET INTO THE EARTH, SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS
TRUE AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. RIGHT? JEREMIAH 29:11 IS
WRITTEN FOR A NATION. I HAVE PLANS FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU HOPE,
TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE. ONE OF THE WAYS GOD DOES THIS THROUGH
PROPHECY, HE GIVES YOU HOPE, HE GIVES YOU A FUTURE, AND WATCH
THIS, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS HAVING TO
GUESS HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN OUT. GOD WANTS TO TELL US
AHEAD OF TIME, THIS IS HOW THIS IS GOING TO TURN OUT, THIS IS
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, BUT YOU NEED TO PRAY. I REMEMBER WHEN
GOD KEPT PROPHESYING ABOUT NETANYAHU. HE'S GOING TO BE
RAISED UP AGAIN, AND PEOPLE WERE WRITING, "OH, DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT THIS INDICTMENT, AND THIS AND THAT, AND HE'S DONE THIS AND
THAT." AND YET GOD NEVER CHANGED HIS MIND, GOD NEVER CHANGED HIS
WORD COMING OUT OF THIS MOUTH, AND HE KEPT SAYING, "I'M GOING
TO RAISE HIM UP, HE'S GOING TO BE A BULWARK, HE'S GOING TO
STAND EVEN WHEN THEY TRY TO COME THROUGH TUNNELS, EVEN WHEN THEY
TRY TO COME AND STRIKE ISRAEL. I WILL RAISE UP THIS MAN WHO WILL
BE LIKE IT WAS WITH DAVID AT ZIKLAG. HE'S GOING TO PURSUE,
HE'S GOING TO OVERTAKE, AND WITHOUT FAILURE HE'S GOING TO
RECOVER ALL." HOW MANY UNDERSTAND THAT? SO GOD WILL
RAISE UP PROPHETIC VOICES SO THAT WE DO KNOW THE OUTCOME OF
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE EARTH. NOW I WANT YOU TO GO OVER
TO JEREMIAH 1 AND I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT PROPHETS ABSOLUTELY ARE
SET TO DO. NOW NOT EVERY PROPHET IS SET TO BE A PROPHET OF
EVENTS. OKAY, I'VE SEEN SOME PROPHETIC VOICES AND THIS IS
JUST MY OPINION. I'M NOT CALLING ANYBODY OUT, BUT I'VE WATCHED
WHERE SOME PROPHETIC VOICES IN THE PAST AND SOMETIMES EVEN
TODAY, THEY'RE MORE OF AN ECHO. THEY'RE NOT GRACED TO SPEAK
NATIONALLY. THEY'RE NOT CALLED TO REALLY BE A PROPHET OVER
AMERICA OR OVER THE NATIONS OR THE NATIONS, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON AND DO SO. THAT'S WHY
A LOT OF THEM STARTED APOLOGIZING WHEN THE HEAT GOT ON
BECAUSE DID YOU REALLY HEAR IT? BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY HAVE THE
HEART OF GOD, THE MOST SACRED THING THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO YOU,
THE HEART OF GOD, AND HE SHARES THE SECRET WITH YOU, AND HE
TELLS YOU SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON TO THAT WORD UNTIL HE
TELLS YOU OTHERWISE. NOT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WRONG, YOU
FEEL THE PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE, CHANCES ARE YOU PROBABLY
REALLY BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING, AND I KNOW THAT
I KNOW, I DON'T GIVE A ROYAL RAT'S RUMP WHAT ANYBODY WRITES,
WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, I ONLY CARE THAT I'M HONORING HIM, AND THAT
I'M STICKING TO WHAT HE SAID, AND I'M NOT BACKING OFF. BECAUSE
I'VE SEEN TOO MANY PROPHECIES COME TO PASS. BUT WHAT I'M
SAYING IS PEOPLE STEP INTO A PLACE THAT IS NOT, THEY'RE NOT
GRACE TO BE. AND THE LATEST THING IS THIS, YOU KNOW, LET'S
GIVE NATIONAL WORDS, LET'S, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL. YOU DON'T WANT
TO STEP INTO AN AUTHORITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN TO YOU BY
JESUS, THE LORD OF THE CHURCH. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. JESUS IS
THE ONE THAT SETS PROPHETS IN THE CHURCH. AND WHEN HE SETS
THEM IN THE CHURCH, IT'S HIM WHO GIVES WHAT'S CALLED POSITIONAL
AUTHORITY AND GRACE. YOU DON'T POSITION YOURSELF. JESUS TALKED
ABOUT THAT IN LUKE 14. HE SAID IF YOU GO MARCHING UP TO THE
FRONT ROW OF THE SEAT OF PROPHET OVER THE NATION, PROPHET TO
AMERICA, AND GOD HASN'T POSITIONED YOU THERE, HE HASN'T
SEATED YOU THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MOVED. YOU'RE GOING TO
GET EMBARRASSED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE INVITED GRACE OR
INVITATION BY THE HOLY ONE TO SIT THERE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING
TO GET MOVED. AND THAT'S WHAT HE TALKS ABOUT. HOW MANY OF YOU
EVER, YOU SAW AN OPEN SEAT IN FRONT OF AN EVENT OR TABLE AND
THEN YOU GET MOVED? HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT HAPPEN TO YOU? I
HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME AT A BENNY HINN MEETING. I WAS LIKE 22,
MAN. AND THERE WAS AN OPEN SEAT AND I WAS SO EXCITED. I RAN TO
THE FRONT, SAT DOWN IN THE SEAT AND I'M LIKE, "OH YEAH. COME ON
GOD." AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE USHERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF
EVERYBODY ON THE MICROPHONE, "HEY, YOU NEED TO MOVE. THAT'S
FOR BENNY HINN'S TEAM." WHO'S HE TALKING TO? AND THEN YOU ACT
LIKE YOU DROPPED A QUARTER. "OH, I JUST SAW YOU." AND YOU WITH
THE RED FACE GO WALKING AWAY. I WAS LIKE 22. I WAS STUPID. BUT
ANYWAY, LOOK AT JEREMIAH 1. DON'T DO THAT STUFF, MAN. AND
DON'T DO IT IN THE BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE BELLY, I KNEW
YOU. AND I KNEW YOU. AND BEFORE YOU CAME FORTH OUT OF THE WOMB,
I SANCTIFIED THEE AND I ORDAINED YOU AS A PROPHET UNTO THE
NATIONS. SO, OKAY, SO RIGHT THERE, WHO WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE
HIM THE CALL? DID HE COME OUT BECAUSE HE COULD NOW HAVE A
PODCAST AND DECIDE THAT HE'S GOT FOLLOWERS AND SO NOW I'M GOING
TO START PROPHESYING ABOUT NATIONAL EVENTS. BECAUSE I'M
LISTENING TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING. AND LISTEN, THERE'S
A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TO WATCH SOMETIMES BECAUSE WHATEVER
I PROPHESY, THEY COME OUT WITH IT ABOUT TWO TO THREE DAYS LATER
AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU EVER JUST GET IT YOURSELF? AND
SO I JUST QUIT LISTENING TO THEM. SO ANYWAY, AND MAYBE
THEY'RE GETTING DEPOSITED, I DON'T KNOW. BUT BEFORE I FORMED
THE IN THE BELLY, I KNEW YOU. SO I CALLED YOU TO BE A PROPHET
UNTO THE NATIONS. SO WHAT IS THEIR CALLING? A PROPHET TO THE
NATIONS. NOW I WANT YOU TO, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE TAKING
NOTES, TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROPHETIC
POSITIONING BY JESUS. THERE'S PROPHETS TO NATIONS, JEREMIAH
1:10. THERE'S PROPHETS TO THE BODY OF CHRIST, WHERE THEY WILL
NEVER PROPHESY NECESSARILY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT GOD WILL NEVER
GIVE THEM A WORD, BUT THEY ARE A PROPHET TO THE BODY OF CHRIST,
WHERE THEY ALWAYS HAVE A WORD FOR WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO HIS
CHURCH. IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE NATION, OKAY? I'VE WATCHED YOU,
JOHN, MANY YEARS GET WORDS FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST AND FOR THE
CHURCH. I'VE EVEN SEEN YOU TAP INTO THINGS, EVEN INTO EVENTS.
BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHERE THEY WILL JUST LITERALLY,
ABSOLUTELY, MAN, THEY ARE HEARING GOD FOR HIS CHURCH. I
MET A PROPHET OVER THE BODY OF CHRIST THE OTHER DAY AND HE
SAID, "MAN, GOD SHOWED ME THE CHURCH IS WAKING UP. THE REMNANT
IS THE ONE THAT IS CAUSING THE CHURCH TO BE AWAKENED." AND HE
WAS SHARING SOME OTHER THINGS AND I WAS LIKE, "MAN, YOU ARE
RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT I SENSE." THERE'S PROPHETS TO THE
LOCAL CHURCH, OKAY? AND BY THE WAY, BODY OF CHRIST IS ACTS
15:32. ACTS 13:1, YOU REMEMBER SAUL BEFORE HE WAS NAMED PAUL?
HE WAS SAUL AND HE WAS LEARNING IN THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH. AND HE
WAS A TEACHER AND HE WAS A PROPHET AND HE WAS FUNCTIONING
IN THE LOCAL CHURCH. AND THE REASON WHY A LOCAL CHURCH
CONNECTION, IF YOU WANT TO GROW PROPHETICALLY, IS BECAUSE IT
GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE GROOMED. IT GETS YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT I CALL JESUS'S FIRST MIRACLE. THE
GOVERNOR OF THE FEAST, WHERE YOU'RE BEING FED, HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO A TASTE TEST ON YOUR CHARACTER, TASTE TEST ON
HOW ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE, HOW YOU HANDLE YOUR MONEY, HOW YOU
HANDLE YOUR MORALITY, A TASTE TEST, HOW ABOUT THIS, ON HOW
YOUR CHARACTER IS, BUT HOW ABOUT YOUR GIFTING? AND NOT JUST IN
YOUR GIFTING, BUT HOW DO YOU DISPLAY YOUR GIFTING? I TOLD YOU
YEARS AGO, I HAD TO HAVE SOMEBODY CORRECT ME, BECAUSE I
WOULD PROPHESY ACCURATE WORDS IN THE CHURCH, BUT THEY HAD TO COME
AND SAY, "PASTOR HANK, YOU WALK LIKE A CHICKEN WHEN YOU
PROPHESY." PLEASE DON'T TELL ME I STILL DO THAT. BUT I DIDN'T
REALIZE I WAS, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, ER, ER, ER, ER, ER, ER."
OKAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. HE SAID, "IT'S HINDERING YOUR
GIFT." OKAY, SO THERE WAS PROPHETS OVER LOCAL CHURCHES,
PROPHETS OVER EVENTS. THERE ARE PROPHETS THAT GOD WILL SPEAK TO
THEM ABOUT SPECIFIC EVENTS. AGABUS HAD A PROPHECY ABOUT A
FAMINE. THERE'S PROPHETS OR PROPHECY TO INDIVIDUALS. NOW
JUST BECAUSE YOU PROPHESY TO AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A
PROPHET. BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PROPHETS THAT
THEY'LL NEVER PROPHESY A WORD TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. THEY'LL
NEVER PROPHESY, BUT THEY ARE PROPHETS, MAN. THEY HAVE A GIFT
AND A GRACE TO SPEAK TO INDIVIDUALS. YOU KNOW, I USED TO
PROPHESY OVER INDIVIDUALS A LOT MORE THAN I DO NOW. AND I ASKED
THE LORD ABOUT IT. AND I SAID, "GOD," AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT
TOLD ME, HE SAID, "UNLESS I MOVE YOU THAT DIRECTION, HANK, I NEED
YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR EAR AND YOUR VOICE, YOUR WORDS, YOUR
MOUTH, YOUR TONGUE. I NEED IT OVER THE NATION. I NEED IT OVER
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH." I USED TO TRAVEL 40 TO 50 TIMES
OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO FOREIGN NATIONS A YEAR. AND GOD SAID TO
ME, HE SAID, "FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE TO BE IN AMERICA, AND YOU
ARE TO NOT BE SO MUCH THIS WAY, BUT YOU ARE TO BE THIS WAY AND
THEN THIS WAY, WHATEVER I TELL YOU." AND SO IF I'M CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME AND PROPHESY TO INDIVIDUALS, I
WILL STEP OUT OF A CERTAIN GRACE THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO. I
HAVE TO HEAR, I HAVE TO WATCH, AND I HAVE TO SPEAK WHAT GOD IS
SAYING AT A LEVEL THAT IS WHAT HE'S ASKING ME TO DO. DOES THAT
MAKE SENSE? NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T PROPHESY OVER PEOPLE. I
USED TO DO IT A LOT MORE. WHAT HAPPENED? YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
ASSIGNMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHANGE. DON'T JUST KEEP DOING
SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY. THAT'S HOW YOU
GET INTO, THAT'S WHY CAMPS GET INTO BECOMING DEAD. BECAUSE
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN THE WHOLE TIME AND
GOD SAYS, "I'VE BEEN WANTING YOU TO GO TO YOUR PROMISED LAND AND
YOU KEEP GOING AROUND THE SAME OLD MOUNTAIN DOING THE SAME OLD
THING." SO I ALWAYS TRY TO LISTEN TO GOD ON WHAT AM I
SUPPOSED TO DO. IT'S NOT MY GIFT, IT'S YOURS. IT'S NOT MY
OFFICE, IT'S YOURS. ALWAYS REMEMBER. ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S GO
ON TO THE NEXT ONE. LOOK HERE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO GET INTO
TONIGHT. LOOK AT JEREMIAH 1:7-9, "AND WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, YOU
SHALL SPEAK." OKAY, NOTICE IT'S A COMMAND. "YOU ARE UNDER ORDERS
FROM HEAVEN." THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GO UP RUDELY AND YOU SAY,
"THUS SAITH THE LORD, I'M UNDER ORDERS FROM HEAVEN TO SPEAK."
NOW, I'VE HAD VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY OR TIMES AS A
PROPHET WHERE I'VE HAD TO BECAUSE SOMEBODY WASN'T
LISTENING. THEY WERE IN REBELLION. THEY WERE IN DANGER.
AND IF I DIDN'T TELL THEM, THEY WERE GOING TO HURT THEMSELVES OR
SOMETHING WOULD REALLY HAPPEN. AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHEN I WOULD
TELL THEM, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU I'M UNDER ORDERS FROM HEAVEN. I
HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS. THIS BOTHERS ME TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT. AND
I'VE HAD THEM SPIT IN MY FACE. ONE GUY DID. HE SPIT IN MY FACE
AND THEN CALLED ME FALSE AND HE WAS DEAD WITHIN A WEEK. BUT
HERE'S THE POINT. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY UNDER AUTHORITY, BUT
YOU ALSO DON'T USE THAT. DON'T TAKE THAT AS A LIBERTY WHERE I'M
UNDER COMMAND OF GOD. I HAVE TO SPEAK THIS. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT
GO UP TO PASTORS AND TRY TO REBUKE THEM. WELL, THEY'RE
TOTALLY OUT OF ORDER. YOU KNOW, DON'T DO THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT
THERE IS A CERTAIN SACREDNESS TO WHERE WHEN YOU BEGIN TO WALK
WITH GOD THAT YOU WILL FEEL COMPELLED. YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW
THAT GOD SPEAKS TO ME AND I'M UNDER ORDERS FROM HEAVEN? IS
HE'S VERY PATIENT WITH ME. YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES WITH ME? I
LITERALLY FEEL THIS SENSATION INSIDE OF ME LIKE, IT'S LIKE,
YOU EVER HAD IT WHERE LIKE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO SPEAK OR
SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OR YOU'RE GETTING READY TO RUN A RACE. YOU
FEEL THIS IN CONTINUAL INTENSITY AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOD IS
PUTTING HIS THUMB ON ME. YOU HAVE TO SAY IT. THERE'S SO MANY
TIMES I'M STANDING OVER THERE AND I FEEL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY
MY HEART RACES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, BUT I CAN FEEL THIS
CONSTANT PRESS OF GOD ON ME. HANK, YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS. THIS
HAS TO COME OUT. AND SOMETIMES I ONLY KNOW A PIECE OF IT. I DON'T
KNOW THE WHOLE THING. SO YOU HAVE TO JUST KIND OF PRIME THE
PUMP AND THEN LET IT COME. HOW MANY EVER HAD THAT HAPPEN TO
YOU? OKAY, NOW WATCH THIS. THE PART I WANT YOU TO HEAR IS, LOOK
AT THIS, BE NOT AFRAID OF THEIR FACES. IF YOU WANT TO FLOW IN
THE PROPHETIC AND YOU WANT TO BE ACCURATE, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A CRITIC. NOW, IF THE
PASTOR TELLS YOU DON'T PROPHESY IN HIS CHURCH TO PEOPLE, DON'T
PROPHESY IN THE PARKING LOT, ALL RIGHT, THAT'S HIS CHURCH, IT'S
HIS PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THERE COMES A POINT
WHERE YOU CANNOT LET FEAR KEEP YOU FROM BEING USED OF GOD. IT'S
THE THING THAT I POINTED OUT IN ROMANS 8, WHERE IT SAYS THAT
THOSE THAT ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LED BY THE
SPIRIT, YOU'RE CHILDREN OF GOD. AND YOU'VE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE
SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AGAIN UNDER FEAR. WELL, WHY DID IT MENTION
FEAR IN THE SAME CONTEXT OF BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT? BECAUSE
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TRUST THAT GOD WILL SPEAK TO
YOU, THAT GOD WILL SHOW YOU THINGS, GOD WILL REVEAL THINGS
TO YOU. SO YOU DON'T BE MOVED BY THEIR FACES, BUT WATCH THIS,
"FOR I AM WITH YOU TO DELIVER YOU," SAYETH THE LORD, "AND THEN
THE LORD PUT FORTH HIS HAND," AND WATCH THIS, "TOUCHED MY
MOUTH. AND THE LORD SAID TO ME, 'BEHOLD, I'VE PUT MY WORDS IN
YOUR MOUTH.'" SO YOU COULD SAY IT THIS WAY. GO OVER TO 2 KINGS
4. YOU COULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD DOES IS HE, IT'S
CALLED FACE TO FACE, HEART TO HEART, MOUTH TO MOUTH. PEOPLE
OFTEN SAY TO ME, PASTOR HANK, HOW DO I INCREASE THE VOICE OF
GOD? HOW DO I GET MORE VISIONS AND DREAMS? I ALREADY TOLD YOU,
COME UP HIGHER, ALRIGHT? NOW WHEN YOU COME UP HIGHER, WHEN
YOU ARE DETERMINED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP HIGHER IN YOUR
SPIRITUAL WALK, IN YOUR SPIRITUAL DETERMINATION, YOUR
SPIRITUAL DRIVE, WHEN YOU DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
LITERALLY GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN THE THINGS OF GOD, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO IS WHAT THE
APOSTLE JOHN REALIZED. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT AND IT'S THIS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR PROPHETIC WORDS, IT'S MORE ABOUT
HIM WHO'S SEATED ON THE WHEN YOU MAKE IT ABOUT GOD, YOU WILL GO
UP TO A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL. NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A KEY.
LOOK AT 2 KINGS 4:31-36. HOW DO YOU GET GOD TO PUT HIS WORDS IN
YOUR MOUTH? HOW DO YOU GET GOD TO SHARE HIS HEART WITH YOU SO
THAT YOU CAN BE A VESSEL? YOU CAN BE USED OF GOD. OKAY? NOW
WATCH THIS. GEHAZI HURRIED ON AHEAD AND LAID THE STAFF ON THE
CHILD'S FACE. NOW THIS PART ALWAYS, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'VE
STUDIED AND STUDIED AND STUDIED LOOKING FOR A REASON. BUT
NOTHING HAPPENED. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU
FELT TO DO PROPHETICALLY AND IT NEVER HAPPENED? IT NEVER CAME TO
PASS? HAVE YOU EVER PROPHESIED SOMETHING AND FOR WHATEVER
REASON IT DIDN'T WORK? HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU FELT LIKE YOU HEARD GOD SAY,
BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING HAPPENED, NO RESULTS. OKAY, IN THIS CASE,
FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE WAS TOLD BY THE PROPHET, GRAB THE STAFF
AND GO. AND THE STAFF, IT DIDN'T WORK. THERE WAS NO POWER, THERE
WAS NO MANIFESTATION, THERE WAS NO RESULTS. AND I'VE HAD THAT
HAPPEN BEFORE IN MY LIFE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, "MAN, I'M
REALLY HEARING GOD." AND IT TURNED OUT, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
IT DIDN'T WORK. AND SO I DON'T QUIT, I JUST GO BACK AND SAY,
"LORD, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED YOU TO TEACH ME." AND SOMETIMES GOD
WILL TELL ME WHY IT WORKED AND WHY IT DIDN'T WORK. AND
SOMETIMES I JUST HAVE TO, I GUESS I'M GOING TO FIND OUT ONE
DAY. I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN WHERE I'VE PRAYED FOR PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL, AND I FELT LIKE I HEARD A WORD AND THEY WENT ON TO
HEAVEN. I REMEMBER ONE TIME, MAN, THERE WAS ONE LADY WHERE
SHE CALLED ME ON THE PHONE AND SHE WAS HYSTERICAL. AND A FRIEND
OF HERS OR A RELATIVE HAD DIED. AND, NO, NOT DIED. THEY WERE IN
A COMA. AND THE DOCTOR SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. AND THIS
FRIEND OF MINE CALLED ME AND SAID, "LISTEN, THIS PERSON'S IN
A COMA. AND HANK, THE DOCTORS ARE SAYING THAT ANY MINUTE SHE'S
GOING TO DIE. AND SHE'S IN THIS COMA. SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE
LORD." AND I SAID, "HOLD IT." I SAID, "THERE'S A PROBLEM." THEY
SAID, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" I SAID, "TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM. GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THE ROOM AND DO IT NOW. ALRIGHT? AND
COMMAND HER TO WAKE UP. AND THEN PREACH THE GOSPEL AND SHE'LL GET
SAVED." IN FACT, THE LORD SAID SHE'LL DIE AT 11:30. THIS WAS
LIKE 9:00 IN THE MORNING. SHE CALLS ME BACK AND SAYS, "PASTOR
HANK, IT'S NOT WORKING. IT'S NOT WORKING. I'VE DONE IT. SHE'S
STILL IN A COMA." AND I THOUGHT, "WHAT?" AND SHE GOES, "WE'RE
ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM WHEN YOU SAID THAT
SHE'S GOING TO DIE," OR WHATEVER IT WAS. AND IT BOTHERED ME. I'M
LIKE, "MAN, I CAN'T. THIS IS NO TIME TO MISS GOD." AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "SHE DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU
SAID." AND I SAID, "ARE PEOPLE STILL IN THE ROOM?" "YEAH, I
DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THEM TO LEAVE." I SAID, "WELL,
YOU CALLED ME AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL THEM TO LEAVE?
YOU BETTER HAVE A HEART LIKE YOU SAID OR THAT PERSON IS GOING TO
DIE AT 11:30 WITHOUT GOD. GET THEM OUT OF THE ROOM." "OKAY."
SHE GOT HIM OUT. THE PERSON WOKE UP, LED HER TO JESUS, AND SHE
DIED EXACTLY WHEN GOD SAID SHE WOULD. CLOSED HER EYES AND IN
HEAVEN. SEE, YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING TO HEAVEN BY THE HAIR OF
YOUR CHINNY CHIN CHIN. BUT AGAIN, IT MESSED WITH ME BECAUSE
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE TIMES WHERE YOU PUT A STAFF ON,
YOU PRAY A PRAYER AND IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT THERE'S ALSO TIMES
WHERE THERE'S A REASON. ARE WE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS? ARE WE
REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR INTERPRETATION ON THINGS AND SO
FORTH? I REMEMBER THERE WAS A GIRL THAT USED TO GO TO THIS
CHURCH YEARS AGO, HER FAMILY, AND THEY MOVED, BUT THEY GAVE
HER A LESSON, I THINK 8% OR 5%. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT? MAYBE
IT WAS LESS THAN 3%. I DON'T KNOW, THREE, IT WAS LESS THAN
10-SOMETHING, ONE OF THE NUMBERS. AND THERE WAS NO
VISIBLE SIGN AND CHANGE IN THIS LITTLE PREMATURE BABY. AND ONE
DAY I WAS GETTING READY TO COME TO CHURCH AND I HEARD THE HOLY
SPIRIT SAY, "HANK, I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME BEFORE
CHURCH. I NEED YOU, OR AFTER CHURCH, GO AND ROCK THIS BABY."
SO I SAID, "OKAY." AND I WENT UP TO THE HOSPITAL AND YOU KNOW
WHAT WAS SO CRAZY IS THE DOCTOR SAID, "NO, WE REALLY CAN'T TAKE
HER OUT OF HER INCUBATOR. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE HER LIFE BE TOO
MUCH AT RISK." I SAID, "WELL, YOU ALREADY SAID SHE HAD LESS
THAN 10 PERCENT. OKAY, YOU ALREADY LEFT HER UP TO DIE. SO
WHAT DO YOU GOT TO LOSE?" HE SAID, "WELL, WE JUST NEED
PARENTAL CONSENT." THE MOM SAID, "SURE." I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
DAY. THEY HANDED ME THAT LITTLE BABY. IT WAS THE SMALLEST LITTLE
BABY I EVER HELD. I SAID, "LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?" HE
SAID, "ROCK, AND EVERY TIME YOU ROCK, AND EVERY TIME YOU MOVE, I
WILL BREATHE LIFE." AND THIS CHILD'S LIKE 20-SOMETHING TODAY.
BUT YOU SEE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH WHAT GOD
SAYS. FAITH WITHOUT WORDS. YOU KNOW, AND I'VE LEARNED THIS BY
WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTED. SEE, I'VE SUBMITTED MYSELF. I DON'T JUST
BE A RENEGADE. THAT'S THE WORST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE. GOD WON'T
TRUST YOU AND PEOPLE WON'T TRUST YOU. IF YOU PUSH YOURSELF AND
YOU PUSH YOUR GIFT. I MADE THAT MISTAKE EARLY ON IN MY LIFE. I
WAS TRYING TO PUSH MY GIFT A LITTLE TOO MUCH. AND I'M TELLING
YOU, IT NEVER GOES RIGHT. YOU'RE BETTER OFF TO LET GOD PROMOTE
YOU. AND SO WHEN YOU DO HEAR SPECIFIC THINGS, PEOPLE DON'T
JUST THINK YOU'RE BEING A SQUIRREL. THEY'LL TRUST YOU. ALL
RIGHT, HOW MANY ARE YOU GETTING THAT? NOW LOOK HERE. ALRIGHT, SO
IT DIDN'T WORK. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF LIFE. I RETURNED TO MEET
ELISHA AND HE TOLD HIM, "THE CHILD IS STILL DEAD." LET'S KEEP
READING. "WHEN ELISHA ARRIVED, THE CHILD WAS INDEED DEAD, LYING
THERE ON THE PROPHET'S BED. HE WENT IN ALONE, AND HE SHUT THE
DOOR BEHIND HIM AND PRAYED TO THE LORD." STOP RIGHT THERE.
ALRIGHT. NOW, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR FROM GOD. MOST PEOPLE
WANT TO COME UP HIGHER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'LL NEVER SHUT
THE DOOR BEHIND THEM. THEY KEEP A DOOR OPEN TO WORLDLINESS,
COMPROMISE, FLESH, SIN, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR CHEEKY, YOU KNOW,
CLUB. AND THEY DON'T CLOSE THE DOOR. IT'S LIKE THEY KEEP THIS
CONNECTION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO LOT'S WIFE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HER THAT SHE JUST HAD TO LOOK
OVER HER SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE. WELL, IT COST HER HER LIFE.
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HER. YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT IF
YOU WANT TO GO HIGHER AND YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE GOD
SUPERNATURALLY USE YOU, THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE OPEN DOORS TO WHERE
THE ENEMY CAN COME IN. DON'T LEAVE OPEN DOORS. BECAUSE WHAT
IT WILL DO IS IT WILL KEEP YOU FROM REALLY TAPPING INTO A
HIGHER PLACE WITH GOD. SHUT THE DOOR AND PRAYED TO THE LORD. NOW
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS A PRINCIPLE I WANT TO TEACH YOU.
THEN HE LAID DOWN ON THE CHILD'S BODY. OK, NOW, SO IMAGINE ELIJAH
LAYING DOWN ON TOP OF THIS LITTLE BOY'S BODY. I HAD THAT
HAPPEN TO ME BY A GUY THAT'S IN HEAVEN NOW. HIS NAME WAS PROPHET
ED DUFRESNE. HE WAS A VERY POWERFUL PROPHET. AND HE WOULD
PULL ME OUT OF AUDIENCES HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ME IN. HE WOULD
THROW ME UP AGAINST WALLS AND COMMAND THE POWER OF GOD TO COME
ON ME, THE ANOINTING. BUT I REMEMBER ONE SERVICE, HE PICKED
ME UP AND THREW ME ACROSS THE ROOM. AND THEN I WAS LAID ON THE
GROUND AND HE LAID ON THE SIDE AND PUT HIS CHEST FROM THE SIDE
RIGHT HERE AND BREATHED AND GROANED IN THE SPIRIT FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME. I HAVE NO CLUE TO THIS DAY WHAT WAS IMPORTANT
IN MY LIFE, BUT I JUST KNOW WHEN I GOT OFF THE GROUND I FELT
DIFFERENT. BUT HERE'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE CHILD'S BODY,
OKAY, WAS UNDERNEATH ELIJAH. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS? THAT WAS
HEART TO HEART. THAT WAS WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY IF YOU
WANT GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU, IT'S ALWAYS HEART TO HEART FIRST. THE
FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS LAY DOWN ON THE CHILD'S BODY.
THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN. BECAUSE
YOU'VE SHUT THE DOOR, YOU'RE PRAYING TO GOD, YOU'RE LAYING
DOWN BEFORE THE LORD, AND YOU ARE TRYING TO HAVE HEART TO
HEART. I GO AFTER THE HEART OF GOD. I DON'T SEEK FOR PROPHETIC
WORDS, I SEEK HIS HEART. NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SEEK
HIS HEART. BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. NOW, THE NEXT THING
IS, HE PLACED HIS MOUTH ON THE CHILD'S MOUTH. SO NOW, OK, ONCE
YOU GET GOD'S HEART, GET READY, BECAUSE THE NEXT THING, GOD'S
GOING TO START SPEAKING TO YOU. RIGHT, WHEN YOU COME UP HIGHER,
REVELATION 4:1, THEN I'LL SHOW YOU THINGS WHICH MUST COME
HEREAFTER. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER PRINCIPLE WITH JOHN.
THEN HE PUT HIS EYES UPON HIS EYES. OK, THAT'S PROPHETIC
SIGHT. GOD'S GOING TO SHOW YOU THINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET
VISIONS AND DREAMS. BUT THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS
YOU NEED TO PLACE YOURSELF BEFORE THE LORD HEART TO HEART.
THAT'S WHAT THAT REPRESENTS. BODY TO BODY, HEART TO HEART.
THEN GOD'S GOING TO START SPEAKING TO YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO
START SEEING THINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET VISIONS AND DREAMS.
AND THEN HIS HANDS WERE ON THE CHILD'S HANDS. NOW YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SERVE EFFECTIVELY, PURELY IN YOUR GIFT. THAT'S WHY
IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, I BELIEVE IT'S ACTS 20 OR 21,
WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THAT PHILIP HAD FOUR VIRGIN DAUGHTERS THAT
PROPHESIED. WHY WOULD IT MIX VIRGINITY WITH THEIR PROPHETIC
GIFT? BECAUSE THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT YOU CAN
FUNCTION IN, IS WHEN YOU ARE PURE IN THE HEART, YOU'LL SEE
GOD. WHEN YOU'RE PURE IN THE HEART, YOU'LL SPEAK FOR GOD.
WHEN YOU'RE PURE IN THE HEART, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAP
INTO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF HEAVENLY INFORMATION AND
REVELATION THAT'S ENTRUSTED TO YOU BY GOD. AMEN? AND AS A
RESULT, THE CHILD CAME TO LIFE. BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS. NOW
LET'S LOOK HERE. SO THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS HEART TO HEART,
FACE TO FACE. THIS IS THE DESIRE OR WHAT I CALL THE PURSUIT OF
INTIMACY. SO THE FIRST THING ELIJAH DOES WHEN HE COMES IN THE
ROOM, I JUST SHOWED YOU, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
BODY TO BODY, HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE, OKAY? THIS IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING. IT HAS TO BE YOUR DRIVE. GOD, I WANT YOUR
FACE. NOW, WHEN YOU GET GOD'S FACE, HE REVEALS HIS HEART. COME
ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN ON A DATE? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
BEEN MARRIED? RIGHT? FIRST THING YOU DO IS YOU SEE THE FACE OF
THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH. AND THEN AS YOU CONTINUE
TO PURSUE THEM, AS THEY CONTINUE TO WATCH YOU, LISTEN TO YOU,
THEY OPEN THEIR HEART. SAME WAY WITH GOD. YOU SEE HIS FACE. WHEN
IT COMES TO SEEKING HIS FACE, ONE THING I ALWAYS SAY TO GOD
IS, "OKAY," AND I ALWAYS SAY, "GOD, I'M HERE TO SEEK YOUR
FACE." ALRIGHT? AND I LOOK AND I THINK, "OKAY, MAN, HIS HAIR IS
SO BEAUTIFUL." WELL, GOD, YOUR HAIR IS SO FULL OF GLORY AND
WISDOM, AND GOD, I WANT THAT GLORY AND I WANT THAT WISDOM
THAT IS REFLECTED UPON YOUR HEAD. AND THEN I LOOK IN HIS
EYES AND I'M LIKE, "GOD, I WANT, I WANT TO SEE THINGS THE WAY
THAT YOU SEE THINGS. THAT MEANS I'M GONNA HATE WHAT HATE AND I'M
GONNA LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE. BECAUSE I'M AFTER YOUR EYES. I'M
NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT GOD I'M LOOKING
AT IT FROM YOURS. AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS ON ONE OF THE
PROPHETIC SCHOOLS. ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS I HAD HAPPEN TO
ME ONE TIME AS I WAS PRAYING AND THESE EYES APPEARED BEFORE ME.
IT WAS SO INTENSE AND I KNEW THEY WERE THE EYES OF THE LORD.
AND HE SPOKE AND HE SAID, "THERE ARE SOME WHO CALL THEMSELVES
THAT ARE PROPHETS AND THEY ARE NOT." AND HE SAID, "THERE ARE
SOME THAT ARE SAYING THEY'RE OPERATING IN WORD OF KNOWLEDGE,
BUT IT IS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE. I WILL EXPOSE THEM." AND THEN HE
SAID THIS, HE SAID, "NOW COME, I WANT TO SHOW YOU." AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN I WAS PULLED INSIDE OF WHATEVER THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
AND I WAS NO LONGER LOOKING AT THE EYES LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN
FRONT OF ME, BUT I WAS NOW INSIDE. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF
YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE IN CHRIST? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I
WAS SOMEWHERE WHERE I WAS NOW LOOKING THROUGH HIS EYES AND HE
BEGAN TO SHOW ME THE EARTH AND HE BEGAN TO SHOW ME THINGS IN
THE EARTH. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M NOT MOVED BY THE FUTURE.
I SAW IT. I SAW IT. ARE YOU SAYING JESUS ISN'T COMING? I
DIDN'T SAY THAT. I'M TELLING YOU, I SAW THE FUTURE. AND IT'S
UP TO HIM WHEN HE DECIDES THE KING TO COME. BUT I'M TELLING
YOU, I SAW THE DARKNESS, I PROPHESIED ABOUT THE PLAGUE, BUT
I ALSO SAW REST. I SAW LIGHT, I SAW A RESET, I SAW REVERSALS, I
SAW CRAZY THINGS. IT'S LIKE YOU DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THE EARTH.
IT WAS SO DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF GOD INVADING IT. BUT I WAS
LITERALLY CAUGHT UP AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THROUGH HIS EYES.
AND IT CHANGED MY WHOLE PERSPECTIVE. IT CHANGED MY WHOLE
LIFE. THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACE OF GOD, YOU
SEE HIS NOSE. I WANT TO KNOW THE SWEET AROMA. I WANT TO HAVE A
LIFE THAT IS A SWEET AROMA. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SMELL WHEN
SOMETHING IS OFF AND EVIL. BUT I ALSO, GOD, WANT TO CELEBRATE
RIGHTEOUSNESS. BECAUSE WHEN THE EARTH WAS CLEAN IN GENESIS 8,
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD SMELLED IT. RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM
GOD, WHAT'S THE FRAGRANCE YOU'RE GIVING OFF? YOU KNOW, THEN OF
COURSE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FOR THE LORD'S MOUTH. I WANT HIS MOUTH.
I WANT HIS LIPS. I WANT HIS BREATH. YOU KNOW, I WANT HIS
TOUCH. AND SO WHEN YOU WANT THE WORDS OF GOD, HIS MOUTH, IF YOU
WILL MAKE IT ABOUT HIS FACE AND HIS HEART, JUST LIKE WITH
ELISHA, HE PUT HIS HEART FACE TO FACE, BOOM, THE NEXT THING, IT
WAS THE EYES, IT WAS THE HANDS, COME ON, AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT, AND IT WAS THE MOUTH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT PROGRESSES.
ALRIGHT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
PRINCIPLE. ARE YOU READY? SO YOU GOT TO HAVE HEART TO HEART. THIS
IS THE KEY. GO AFTER GOD'S FACE. WRITE THAT DOWN. GO AFTER HIS
FACE. GOD, I WANT YOUR FACE AND HE'LL GIVE YOU HIS HEART. WELL,
WHAT'S HIS HEART? HIS MIND, HIS WILL, OKAY, HIS INTENTIONS,
OKAY, HIS DELIGHTS, HIS SECRETS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I PUT AN
EQUAL SIGN IN MY NOTES. YOU KNOW WHAT I PUT? IT EQUALS PROPHETIC
WORDS, PROPHETIC REVELATION. WHENEVER I MAKE MY TIME, YOU
KNOW, LIKE NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF PRESSURE. WHAT'S GOD GOING TO SAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THIS 2024
GOD DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING THROUGH THIS VESSEL, I'M GOOD. BUT I
FEEL IT BECAUSE I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WHAT AM I
DOING BEFORE I EVER GET OUT HERE? I'M SAYING GOD, I WOULD
LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE, BUT I LONG FOR HIM. I
WORSHIP HIM. I TELL HIM HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM AND HOW MUCH I WANT
HIM TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT
THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT DOES HE HAVE PLANNED. AND IF YOU
MAKE IT ABOUT HIS FACE, HE WILL GIVE YOU HIS
HEART. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM,
MOUTH TO MOUTH. GOD STARTS PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. THE
PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IS THEY GO AFTER THE MOUTH, THEY
GO AFTER THE WORDS. COME ON, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO KISS THE
GIRL ON THE FIRST DATE. WAIT A MINUTE. DON'T TOUCH THOSE LIPS.
RIGHT? WE DO THE SAME THING WITH GOD. WE WANT ALL THESE WORDS AND
YET, WHAT ABOUT HIS EYES? WHAT ABOUT HIS PRECIOUS HEART? AND
WHEN YOU MAKE IT ABOUT HIS FACE AND HIS HEART, HE WILL FILL YOUR
MOUTH WITH HIS WORDS. DON'T MAKE IT ABOUT PROPHECIES, PROPHETIC
WORDS, FILLING A PODCAST, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH, YOU
KNOW, THE LIST OF ALL THE, YOU KNOW, 10 THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN
IN 2024. I QUIT DOING THAT. I SAID, I AM NOT INTO PREDICTION.
EVEN THOUGH PROPHETS HAVE A PREDICTIVE... PREDICTIVE, HOW
WOULD I SAY IT? THERE'S PREDICTION IN THE FORTH TELLING
OF THE WAY THE GIFT MANIFESTS. BUT YOU DON'T SEEK FOR
PREDICTIONS. NO, I SEEK HIS FACE. AND IF HE REVEALS
SOMETHING TO ME, I'LL SHARE IT. OTHERWISE, ZIP THE LIP AND GO
AFTER THE HEART. ALRIGHT? NOW, LOOK AT NUMBERS 12. THIS IS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS OUT OF THE
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. I WANT TO TEACH YOU SOME PRINCIPLES OUT
OF THIS. I GOT TO GO KIND OF QUICK HERE. "WHILE THEY WERE AT
HAZEROTH, MIRIAM AND AARON CRITICIZED MOSES BECAUSE HE
MARRIED A CUSHITE WOMAN." SO NOTICE THEY WERE CRITICIZING.
AND THEY SAID, "HAS THE LORD SPOKEN ONLY THROUGH MOSES? THIS
IS A DANGEROUS THING. HASN'T HE ALSO SPOKEN THROUGH US TOO, OR
DOESN'T HE SPEAK TO US? NEVER COMPARE YOURSELF WITH ANOTHER
PROPHETIC VESSEL OR ANOTHER GIFT. IF YOU DO, IT WILL RUIN
YOU. THAT'S WHY I BRING GREAT PROPHETIC VOICES IN. AND I'M NOT
IN COMPETITION WITH THEM. OKAY, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
ADMINISTRATIONS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTINGS. AND A LOT OF
THEM ARE GREATER THAN WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO THIS VESSEL. I
DON'T CARE, I'M NOT IN COMPETITION. I'M NOT THE ONLY
ONE THAT GOD SPEAKS THROUGH. BUT IF YOU ALWAYS COMPARE YOURSELF,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO VERSE 1. YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO
CRITICISM. AND LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE DANGER OF CRITICISM.
IF YOU CRITICIZE EVERYTHING, OKAY, A PROPHETIC WORD COMES OUT
AND YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, YOU DON'T AGREE
WITH IT, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE CRITICIZE A PROPHETIC
WORD BEFORE IT EVER, EVER MANIFESTS. WHEN I WAS
PROPHESYING ABOUT NETANYAHU WOULD RETURN TO POWER, THEY
STARTED CRITICIZING. I'M LIKE, "MAN, IT HASN'T EVEN MANIFEST
YET AND YOU ARE ACTING LIKE YOU ARE THE JUDGE OF THE EARTH. YOU
ARE ACTING LIKE YOU ARE GOD AND YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS
DETERMINING WHETHER HE'S GOING TO COME BACK OR NOT." AND THEY
GET INTO CRITICISM. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET INTO
CRITICISM AND COMPARING, YOU WILL GET OFF IN YOUR GIFT. AND
YOU WILL BEGIN TO BE CRITICAL. AND YOUR PROPHECIES WILL BECOME
CRITICAL. YOU WILL HAVE A JUDGMENTAL SOUND IN THE WAY YOU
PROPHESY AND WHAT YOU PROPHESY. MAN, I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT I
HEAR THEM PROPHESY, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOUR WORDS ARE
RIGHT, BUT THE SPIRIT BEHIND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS OFF
BECAUSE YOU ARE CRITICAL. AND YOU'VE GOTTEN OVER IN A
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT THAT NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD. SO EVERYBODY'S
GOING TO GO TO HELL AND GOD'S JUDGMENTS ARE HERE AND THEY
NEVER CAN SEE ANYTHING GOOD. SO BE CAREFUL OF CRITICIZING. NOW
WATCH THIS. GOD SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS SO AMAZING. LOOK AT
VERSE 3 NOW, WATCH THIS. AND THEY, NOW MOSES WAS VERY HUMBLE,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON ON EARTH. WHY DID GOD PUT THAT IN
THERE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE CRITICAL, WE ARE IN PRIDE. I
WATCH PEOPLE GO AFTER TRUE PROPHETS OF GOD AND CRITICIZE
THEM RECENTLY OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND IT WAS JUST UGLY WHAT
IT DID TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. BUT YET MOSES, AND YET I'M
THINKING THE VESSELS THAT THEY ATTACKED, I'M LIKE, "THESE
PEOPLE ARE MEEK, THEY'RE HUMBLE, THEY'RE NOT OUT TO DECEIVE AND
TO BE FALSE AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH." BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN
ELEMENT AND A PRIDE THAT CAME WITH THE CRITICISM. NOTICE GOD
CALLED OUT HUMILITY. I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE, CLINT, HE'S LIKE
PROBABLY 85 YEARS OLD AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 25 YEARS AND THE
THING HE WOULD SAY TO ME EVERY SINGLE TIME I'D GET WITH HIM,
"BE HUMBLE. STAY HUMBLE. HUMILITY, THERE IS POWER IN
HUMILITY." NOW, HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED ABOUT SOMETHING AND YOU
WONDER WHY? I WAS REBUKING THE DEVIL ONE DAY AND HE WASN'T
BUKING. AND I WENT TO GOD AND I SAID, "THE DEVIL'S NOT BUKING.
I'M REBUKING HIM BUT HE'S NOT BUKING." AND GOD SAID, "HANK, I
GIVE GRACE TO THE HUMBLE BUT I RESIST THE PROUD." HE SAID,
"IT'S NOT EVEN THE DEVIL. IT'S ME RESISTING YOU. YOU ARE IN
PRIDE. HUMBLE YOURSELF." NOW, PRIDE ALSO GIVES ACCESS TO THE
DEVIL. SO STAY OUT OF PRIDE. DON'T THINK THAT YOU HAVE THE
GREATEST GIFT. DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE THE CHURCH PROPHET.
YOU'RE THE PARKING LOT PROPHET. YOU'RE THE DREAMER IN THE CHURCH
AND YOU GOT TO SUBMIT ALL YOUR DREAMS TO EVERYBODY. RIGHT? YOU
KNOW EVERYTHING. LISTEN, IF PEOPLE PROPHESY TO ME, I ALWAYS
SAY, "WHAT CHURCH YOU BELONG TO? WHO YOU CONNECTED TO?" JESUS
SAID, "YOU KNOW PROPHETS BY THEIR WHAT? FRUIT." SO, YOU LOOK
AT A FRUIT AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ROOT. WHAT ARE YOU ROOTED
INTO? RIGHT? ARE YOU A SQUIRREL? WHO DO YOU LISTEN TO ON THE
INTERNET? SOMETIMES PEOPLE TELL ME WHO THEY FOLLOW. I'M LIKE,
"HELL NO, DON'T YOU DARE SHARE A WORD WITH ME." AND I'M NOT
CUSSING, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T WANT IT COMING FROM THE
UNDERGROUND. LOOK AT VERSE 4. ARE YOU BORED TONIGHT? OH, OKAY.
SO IMMEDIATELY THE LORD CALLED TO MOSES AND AARON AND MIRIAM
AND SAID, "SO NOW YOU GOT THREE. GO OUT TO THE TABERNACLE, ALL
THREE OF YOU. SO THE THREE WENT TO THE TABERNACLE." KEEP
READING. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. "THEN THE
LORD DESCENDED IN THE PILLAR OF CLOUD,
AND HE STOOD AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TABERNACLE. AND
HE SAID, 'AARON AND MIRIAM.' AND HE CALLED THEM, AND THEY STEPPED
FORWARD." NOW WATCH WHAT GOD SAYS. "AND THE LORD SAID, 'NOW
LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY. IF YOU WERE PROPHETS, IF THERE WERE
PROPHETS AMONG YOU, I, THE LORD, WOULD REVEAL MYSELF IN VISIONS,
AND I WOULD SPEAK TO THEM IN DREAMS.'" WHOA, WAIT, WAIT,
STOP. "IF THERE WERE PROPHETS AMONG THEM," LOOK AT EXODUS 7:1,
"AARON AND MIRIAM," WHAT DOES IT SAY? "THE LORD SAID TO MOSES,
'PAY ATTENTION. I WILL MAKE YOU SEEM LIKE GOD THE PHARAOH, AND
YOUR BROTHER AARON WILL BE A PROPHET.'" SO HE WAS A PROPHET,
BUT NOTICE GOD DIDN'T EVEN RESPECT HIS OFFICE. WHEN YOU GET
INTO CRITICISM, GOD WILL LOOK AT YOUR MINISTRY, AND HE MAY NOT
BLESS IT. HE MAY NOT ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GIFTING. HE WILL REMOVE HIS
HAND OF BLESSING. BE CAREFUL, DON'T GET INTO CRITICISM ON
SOCIAL MEDIA OR IN THE CHURCH. BE CAREFUL. HERE HE WAS A
PROPHET, POSITIONED BY GOD. AND GOD SAID, "IF THERE BE A
PROPHET." IN OTHER WORDS, I'M NOT EVEN RESPECTING YOUR OFFICE.
I'M NOT EVEN ABSOLUTELY ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROPHETIC
OFFICE I GAVE. BECAUSE YOU GOT OVER INTO PRIDE AND YOU GOT OVER
INTO CRITICISM AND YOU THINK YOU'RE SOMETHING. BE CAREFUL.
THAT'S WHY IF YOU CAN EVER RECEIVE CORRECTION FROM THE
PASTOR OR LEADERSHIP OVER PROPHETIC WORDS, YOU ARE IN A
DANGEROUS PLACE. ALRIGHT. AND MIRIAM, EXODUS, I THINK IT'S
EXODUS 15:20. IS THAT THE ONE? LOOK AT EXODUS 15:20. OH, SHE
WAS A PROPHETESS. SO WHY WOULD GOD SAY THAT? BECAUSE THEY GOT
OVER INTO THE WRONG SPIRIT. AND IF YOU GET OVER INTO THE WRONG
SPIRIT, YOU'LL PROPHESY OUT OF THE WRONG SPIRIT. AND GOD SAID,
"I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SPEAK THROUGH YOU. I'M NOT EVEN GOING
TO SPEAK TO YOU." BUT NOW GO BACK TO WHAT GOD THEN SAID ABOUT
WHAT SEPARATED MOSES FROM THEM. HUMILITY. SO IT'S CHARACTER OVER
GIFTING. TOO MANY PEOPLE MAKE IT ABOUT GIFTING. I GOT THIS GREAT
GIFT. SO AND SO HAS THIS GREAT GIFT. YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I
WILL NEVER... I HAVE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME SAY... AND LISTEN,
BEING... BRENDA, YOU'RE WATCHING. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN
AROUND THE WHO'S WHO OF THE WHO'S WHO. YES, I KNOW MOST OF
THEM. AND PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHY DON'T YOU INVITE SO AND SO TO
THE CHURCH? THEY'RE SO ANOINTED." YEAH, THEY ARE. BUT
THEY'RE DIRTY, OR THEY'RE SO STINKING PRIDEFUL THEY SUCK THE
WIND OUT OF EVERY ROOM THEY WALK INTO. AND HECK NO, I'M NOT
INVITING THEIR PRIDEFUL SELF TO THIS CHURCH. THEY DON'T HAVE
CHARACTER. OKAY, ONLY FIVE PEOPLE CLAPPED. BUT NOTICE WHAT
GOD SAID IN VERSE 7. HE SAID, "NOT WITH MY SERVANT MOSES, OF
ALL MY HOUSE, HE'S THE ONE THAT I TRUST. HE'S THE ONE THAT I
WHAT? WHOA. HE WAS SAYING, "I DON'T TRUST MIRIAM,
AND I DON'T TRUST AARON." AND IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING YOUR
MOUTH OF CRITICISM AND ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW MORE THAN THE
OTHER PERSON, I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND THEY'LL SAY,
"WELL, PASTOR HANK, YOU KNOW, IN MY CHURCH, I WAS THE ONE THAT
ALWAYS GAVE TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES ON
SUNDAY, AND YOU GIVE NO ROOM FOR THAT HERE." I SAID, "OKAY, LET
ME GET IT STRAIGHT. SO YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOD SPOKE THE
TONGUE THROUGH?" "YES." "OH, AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT INTERPRETED
IT?" "EVERY SUNDAY." "WOW, YAY YOU." AND I SAID TO HIM, I SAID,
"THE REASON WHY?" I SAID, "I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. I'M NOT
PASTOR, YOU KNOW, JOHN WALTON OF WALTON MOUNTAIN FAMILY CHURCH. I
HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT LISTEN EVERY
SINGLE WEEK. AND GOD IS SPEAKING SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOU
WANTING JUST TO GET UP AND GIVE YOUR TONGUE AND YOUR
INTERPRETATION. AND IF GOD WANTS ME TO YIELD TO YOU, I WOULD. BUT
YOUR SPIRIT'S OFF. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SINS, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S
OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD TRUSTS ME. THAT'S ONE THING I
CAN TELL YOU, AND I AM NOT PRIDEFUL IN SAYING SO. DOES HE
TRUST YOU? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT CHARACTER, HE WON'T TRUST
YOU. BUT BACK UP, LOOK AT VERSE 6. WHY DID GOD TRUST MOSES? LOOK
AT WHAT MOSES WAS AFTER. "IF THERE WERE PROPHETS AMONG YOU, I
THE LORD WOULD REVEAL MYSELF IN VISIONS, AND I WOULD SPEAK TO
THEM IN DREAMS." AND THEN GOD SAID, KEEP GOING, WHAT DOES HE
SAY IN VERSE 7? BUT NOT WITH MY SERVANT MOSES, ALL OF MY HOUSE,
HE'S THE ONE I TRUST. OKAY, LOOK AT VERSE 8. WHY? WHY DOES HE
TRUST HIM? I SPEAK TO HIM FACE TO FACE. CLEARLY, BECAUSE MOSES
WAS AFTER THE GREATEST THING THAT YOU CAN GO AFTER. IT'S THE
HEART OF GOD AND HIS FACE. IT'S NOT THAT GOD SPEAKS TO ME AND
I'M THIS GREAT PROPHETIC VOICE AND LEADER. GOD'S NOT IMPRESSED.
HE DOESN'T TRUST YOU. HE TRUSTS YOU. YOU KNOW WHY? HE TRUSTS YOU
WITH HIS WORDS BECAUSE YOU STEWARD OVER HIS HEART. THAT'S
WHY I DON'T SHARE EVERYTHING I KNOW OR FEEL. I DON'T TRY TO
PUSH FOR A GIFT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANYTHING. NEITHER SHOULD
YOU. GO AFTER HIS HEART. GO AFTER HIS FACE. THAT'S WHAT
CAUSED MOSES TO SUCCEED. AMEN. ALRIGHT, NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK
HERE. LOOK AT ACTS 13:22. I'M GOING TO WIND THIS DOWN. I'M
GOING TO CLOSE THIS UP. ACTS 13:22. IT SAYS, "AND WHEN HE
REMOVED HIM, HE RAISED HIM UP FOR THEM DAVID, A KING, TO WHOM
ALSO HE GAVE TESTIMONY AND SAID, 'I FOUND WHO? DAVID, THE SON OF
JESSE, A MAN AFTER MY WHAT? MY OWN HEART.'" NOW, WHAT HAPPENED
WITH DAVID? WHO WROTE MOST OF THE PSALMS? DAVID. AND THOSE
PSALMS ARE WHAT? PROPHETIC. WHY DID GOD SPEAK THOSE PRECIOUS
WORDS TO DAVID, A PSALMIST? BECAUSE HE WAS AFTER HIS WHAT?
HIS HEART. YOU GO AFTER GOD'S HEART, YOU GET HIS SECRETS. YOU
GET MOUTH TO MOUTH REVELATION, INFORMATION. ARE YOU LISTENING?
HE TRUSTS YOU. NOW, HERE'S THE THING. WHEN YOU GET GOD'S HEART,
REMEMBER, HE SHARES HIS SECRET. WHAT'S HIS SECRET? I BELIEVE
IT'S HIS HEART. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE SECRET COMES FROM. AND
WHEN YOU STEWARD OVER HIS HEART, AND YOU DON'T JUST GO AROUND AND
BE, YOU KNOW, PROPHETIC BLABBERMOUTH OF ALL YOUR DREAMS
AND REVELATIONS. MAN, I REMEMBER BEFORE I WAS PASTOR OF A CHURCH,
I'D GO, I WAS YOUNGER THEN, AND PEOPLE WOULD COME UP AND THEY
ALWAYS HAD A DREAM, ALWAYS HAD A VISION. I'M LIKE, "NO, YOU DID
NOT." BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME I'M ASKING GOD, "COME ON GOD, I
WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO ME, MAN." NOW, THERE'S TIMES WHERE IT
COMES IN SEASONS WHERE I HAVE DREAMS ALL THE TIME. AND THERE'S
OTHER TIMES I'M LIKE, "UH, WHAT UP?" OKAY, YOU EVER HAD THAT?
OKAY, BUT MAKE IT YOUR HEART AND GOD WILL REVEAL HIS SECRET. BUT
HERE'S THE THING, THE REASON HE TRUSTS YOU OR DON'T TRUST YOU IS
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET. THAT'S WHY PROPHETS IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT HAD TO HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF THE LORD. YOU GOT TO
HOLD ON TO WHAT GOD TELLS YOU AND KNOW WHEN TO SHARE IT. AND
GOD'S SO GRACIOUS, HE'LL WORK WITH YOU. BUT HERE'S THE THING,
OKAY, NOW LOOK AT REVELATION 1. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH THESE
TWO SCRIPTURES. REVELATION 1:16-17. SO NOW JOHN IS CAUGHT
UP AND HE'S DESCRIBING, HE'S DESCRIBING JESUS. HE HAD IN HIS
RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS, OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS A SHARP TWO-EDGED
SWORD AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS LIKE, OR HIS FACE, I LIKE THE
ONE WORD, PUT IT IN THE KING JAMES IF THEY COULD. HIS FACE,
HIS FACE, I WANT THEM TO SEE THE WORD FACE. HIS FACE WAS LIKE THE
SUN, SHINING IN ITS STRENGTH. WHAT WAS HE LOOKING AT? HE WAS
LOOKING AT HIS FACE. NOW, GO TO VERSE 17. WHAT HAPPENED? VERSE
17. "AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET AS IF I WAS DEAD."
WHAT DID HE SEE? HIS FACE. NOW, NOTICE HE FELL AT HIS FEET. WHY
DID HE FALL AT HIS FEET? BECAUSE THAT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF
WORSHIP. WHEN WE, OFTEN TIMES, AND I GET CONVICTED OF THIS TOO,
I WORSHIP YOU. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WORSHIP HANK. BUT THE
HIGHEST FORM IS IF YOU BOW DOWN AND YOU WORSHIP AS IF TO KISS
THE GROUND. WHEN JESUS TALKED TO THE WOMAN AT THE WELL IN JOHN 4,
HE SAID, "WOMAN, NOW IS THE TIME. AND NOW IS THAT THE TRUE
WORSHIPPERS SHALL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH."
YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, TRUE WORSHIPPERS? TRUE
WORSHIPPERS WERE THE ONES THAT BOWED DOWN AS LOW AS THEY CAN IN
HUMILITY AND HONOR TO GOD, AS IF TO KISS THE GROUND. WHAT DID
SATAN SAY TO JESUS? "IF YOU BE THE SON OF GOD, STAND THERE AND
WORSHIP ME." COME ON, HE KNEW WHAT TRUE WORSHIP WAS BECAUSE HE
USED TO BE OVER IT. HE WOULD SAY, "BOW DOWN, KISS MY FEET,"
IS WHAT HE WAS SAYING, "AND WORSHIP ME." SO, WHAT'S THE KEY
WHEN YOU SEE GOD'S FACE OR HOW DO YOU GET GOD TO SHOW HIS FACE?
THEN THAT MEANS HE OPENS HIS SECRET, HE OPENS HIS HEART. NOW
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU BECOME INUNDATED WITH THE REVELATION OF
DREAMS AND VISIONS, THE WORD OF THE LORD. IT HAS TO COME FROM A
PLACE OF WORSHIP. UP YOUR WORSHIP. UP YOUR INTIMACY. GET
YOUR FOCUS OFF OF YOUR DREAMS, YOUR VISIONS, YOU, YOUR GIFT,
WHY THE PASTOR DOESN'T RECOGNIZE YOU OR SHOULD RECOGNIZE YOU. I
HAVE THIS WORD, I HAVE THIS CALL, AND PUT IT BACK ON THE
FACE OF GOD. YOU KNOW WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY? AND BRENDA
I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING BECAUSE I GOT A TEXT FROM YOU. SHE WAS
SAYING GREAT WORD, THANK YOU. BUT HERE'S THE POINT. THE POINT
IS THIS. BRENDA YOU AND I KNOW WE WERE NOT SEEKING OUR CALLING.
WHEN WE TRIED IN THE EARLY YEARS IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. TRYING TO
MAKE THE CALLING HAPPEN. WE ADJUSTED AND MADE IT ABOUT GOD.
I WANT YOUR FACE. AND WHEN THERE WERE NO MEETINGS AND NOBODY WAS
ASKING US TO COME AND THEY WERE STAYING AWAY BY THE MILLIONS. WE
WOULD GET A LITTLE KEYBOARD OUT AND BRENDA COULD PLAY THE
KEYBOARD AND WE WOULD WORSHIP AND MATTHEW YOU WOULD GET YOUR
LITTLE SWORD OUT AND A PLASTIC SWORD AND WE WOULD WORSHIP GOD
AND DANCE. CHRISTY WOULD DO THAT AND SHE WOULD MAKE UP SONGS.
OKAY, NOW NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS. OKAY, VERSE 16, SAW HIS FACE.
WHAT DID HE IMMEDIATELY DO? FALL DOWN AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP. NOW,
WHAT'S THE THING THAT FOLLOWED? HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE,
AND THEN MOUTH TO MOUTH. WATCH THE NEXT THING. LOOK AT VERSE
19. WHAT HAPPENED? NOTICE THE INSTRUCTION, VERSE 19. WRITE THE
THINGS NOW THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE, AND
THE THINGS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THIS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE
REVELATORY REALM INCREASED. RIGHT? BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
THIS WAS NOT THE INSTRUCTION UNTIL HE SAW HIS FACE AND
WORSHIPPED HIM. PEOPLE WONDER WHY. "I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE GOD
SPEAK TO ME. I DON'T SEEM TO BE HEARING GOD ANYMORE." UP. UP
YOUR CONNECTION OR RECONNECT YOUR POWER SOURCE. GO AHEAD AND
STAND ON YOUR FEET. REVELATION 4. LET'S GO BACK THERE. WE
STARTED WITH THIS VERSE. WATCH THIS. REVELATION 4:1. I'M JUST
GOING TO CLOSE IT HERE AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO. "AFTER
THESE THINGS I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A DOOR STANDING OPEN IN
HEAVEN. AND THE FIRST VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS LIKE A
TRUMPET, SPOKE WITH ME, SAYING, 'COME UP HERE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU
THINGS WHICH MUST COME HEREAFTER.'" LOOK AT VERSE 2.
"IMMEDIATELY I WAS IN THE SPIRIT, AND BEHOLD, A THRONE WAS
SET IN HEAVEN." AND WATCH THIS. "ONE SAT ON THE THRONE, AND HE
WAS LIKE A JASPER, AND A SARDIUS STONE IN HIS APPEARANCE,
AND THERE WAS A RAINBOW AROUND THE
THRONE, IN APPEARANCE LIKE AN EMERALD. AND
THE THRONE WAS 24 THRONES, AND I SAW 24 ELDERS SITTING IN THEIR
CLOTHES AND WHITE ROBES, AND THEY HAD CROWNS OF GOLD ON THEIR
HEADS." SO HE'S DESCRIBING NOW HIS HEAVENLY EXPERIENCE WHEN HE
GOT CAUGHT UP. BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU COULD SAY, WE USE THE
WORD, WRECKED JOHN. IT WASN'T HIS WORDS, IT WASN'T ALL THE
THINGS THAT HE SAW THAT WE'RE STILL ARGUING OVER PRE-TRIB,
MID-TRIB, RIGHT? PRE-RAPTURE, POST-RAPTURE, IS THERE GOING TO
BE A RAPTURE, RIGHT? WE LOOK AT ALL OF THIS STUFF IN THE BOOK OF
REVELATION, WE ARGUE IT OVER AND ALL THAT, ALL THE THINGS THAT
JOHN SAW. IF YOU READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IT'S THE
TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST. IT ISN'T THE ANTICHRIST, IT'S NOT
THE BEAST, IT'S NOT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT JESUS. AND THAT HAS TO BE YOUR FOCUS OR
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GO HIGHER, AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO COME
INTO A REVELATORY REALM WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS, HEAR
THINGS, KNOW THINGS, SENSE THINGS, PROPHESY THINGS.
ALRIGHT? SO I WANT YOU TO DO THIS, EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING
AND CLOSING, JUST IMAGINE THIS BEING A POWER CORD. AND I WANT
YOU JUST TO PLUG IT UP TO HEAVEN, KIND OF REACH IT UP AND
SAY, "LORD, I'M GOING TO PLUG IN DEEPER. I'M GOING TO SEEK YOUR
HEART. I'M GOING TO SEEK YOUR FACE. I WANT YOU. I WANT YOU.
REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME. I WILL SEEK YOU. AND YOU PROMISED I
WOULD FIND YOU. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GIVE EACH OTHER A HIGH
FIVE. I'LL SEE YOU, WHEN WILL I SEE YOU? I'LL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY.
ALL RIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU. I HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING
OUT OF THIS. GIVE A HIGH FIVE TO SOMEBODY
AROUND YOU. CALL YOU BLESSED. THANKS.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- WELL, AMEN, AMEN. HOW MANY RECEIVED FROM THAT POWERFUL
WORD BY PASTOR HANK TONIGHT? AMEN. WAS THAT A GOOD WORD? I AM
JUST EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT OF THE SEASON
THAT WE'RE STEPPING INTO. WE'RE ENDING A CYCLE, A CYCLE OF
CONFLICT, A CYCLE OF DELAY, A CYCLE OF PERHAPS MAYBE THERE'S
THINGS THAT YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR. WE'RE COMING INTO A NEW
CYCLE, FOLKS. AND IT'S JUST LIKE PASTOR HANK WAS SAYING, THIS IS
NOT A CYCLE OF TRIBULATION, BUT THIS IS A CYCLE OF THE NEW. WHAT
WAS IT? THE THREE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE INCREASING IN THIS
SEASON, THE OUTPOURING OF HIS GLORY, WE'RE GONNA SEE SIGNS,
WONDERS, AND MIRACLES, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE INCREASE IN THE SPIRIT
OF PROPHECY. AND FOLKS, THAT INCLUDES YOU. BUT IT'S TIME FOR
US TO COME UP HIGHER. AND I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR
LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE HERE ON A
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN MOST PEOPLE AREN'T. BUT EVEN IN THIS ROOM, I
WAS CONVICTED MYSELF. THERE'S A DEEPNESS THAT WE CAN GO. WE CAN
GO TO A DEEPER LEVEL IN GOD. WE CAN PURSUE HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE
IN ALL THAT WE'RE DOING. AND PERHAPS THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT
MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING BACK TOWARDS, SAYING, "MAN, I WONDER
IF..." I CHALLENGE YOU, NO MORE. NO MORE, I WONDER. NO MORE, WHAT
IF? NO MORE, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN? IT'S TIME NOW TO PUT ALL
OF OUR INVESTMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF WHAT GOD HAS SAID IS GOING TO
BE THE NEW, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, I DON'T WANNA BELABOR. THIS IS A
POWERFUL WORD, AND I KNOW I'M UNDER STRICT ORDERS TO GET YOU
GUYS OUT EARLY, AND PROBABLY SOME OF YOU ARE READY TO GO TO
SLEEP RIGHT AFTER THAT CHICKEN. BUT JUST TWO QUICK, I GUESS,
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS I WANNA MAKE NOTE OF IS THIS SUNDAY, PASTOR
BRENDA IS GOING TO BE GOING WITH PART THREE OF HER SERIES, THE
TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. HOW MANY HAVE BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE'S BEEN SAYING AND BEEN HERE THE LAST
COUPLE SUNDAYS? VERY POWERFUL, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE TO BE HERE.
THAT'S GONNA BE AT 9 A.M. CENTRAL TIME, THAT'S GOD'S TIME.
BE HERE IN THE HOUSE. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BEING IN THE
ROOM WHERE YOU CAN RECEIVE DIRECTLY FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T BE HERE, MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN ONLINE. THAT'S 9
A.M. CENTRAL TIME. ALSO, NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE'RE HAVING A PRAYER
FOR THE NATION, SPECIAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRAYER SERVICE,
7 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. PLEASE, WE NEED YOU. YOU KNOW WHY? I'LL
TELL YOU WHY. BECAUSE YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES, AMBASSADORS,
FOR THE NATION OF AMERICA. AND IT IS YOUR VOICE IN THE SPIRIT
THAT CAUSES THINGS TO HAPPEN, THAT CAUSES MANIFESTATIONS OF
GOD'S GOODNESS. IT BREAKS YOKES. YES, VOTING HELPS. YES, HAVING
PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELP, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT'S WHAT
WE DO IN THE SPIRIT FIRST. SO I NEED YOU GUYS TO BE HERE, PRAYER
FOR THE NATION, 7 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND, AND
THEN YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR INDEPENDENCE DAY BARBECUES,
WHEREVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING, AMEN. WELL, I PRAY THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE A FANTASTIC EVENING, AND WE
WILL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY. GOD BLESS.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
(MUSIC)